Leopard with Kill

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 7, 2017206 views1 comments

This was taken is the Sabi Sands reserve of South Africa about 2 years ago. We found this male leopard (I believe he's called Tingana) munching on his impala kill at sunset, Minutes later he came down and lay down at the bottom of the tree until we had to leave after dark.

Canon 5D3 EF 70-200 F/2.8 II 1.4x TC III @ 240 mm

1/350s F/4 ISO 800

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 9, 2017 at 9:29 AM

Hi Hisham,

Definitely some interesting subject matter in this shot! And...the setting - including both the lighting and background - did present you with some challenges. I tend to be quite tolerant of what many view as "distractions", but have to say I do find the background here (and especially the thin blurred branches) hard to ignore or "look by" (and my guess is that shooting wide open when using the teleconverter contributed to that effect).

Thanks for sharing this one...cheers...

Brad

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