leopard

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 5, 20071,994 views17 comments

taken earlier this year at kalagadi transfroneir park ,south africa. late afternoon, nikon d2xs plus 600mm lens and 1,4 tc , wimberely ,plus car mount.

5% crop ...minor ps work.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on November 5, 2007 at 10:18 AM

Now this one is very special! You couldn't have done better in a studio. I love the intense facial expression and the foregound/background are perfect. Very well done indeed.

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on November 5, 2007 at 10:58 AM

thanks Ian.....sometimes it all just clicks...this was one of those lucky moments....this image will always be special to me ,as this young lady came stalking me at my tent later that nite....

Registered on October 27, 2007, 57 Posts, 101 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on November 5, 2007 at 11:27 AM

Stunning!! I love the tones,composition and DoF.

Registered on January 25, 2006, 223 Posts, 3566 Comments

Comment posted by Krijn Trimbos on November 5, 2007 at 3:46 PM

A little more room all around and one more round of USM would make this perfect IMHO. Still one of the better shots of this species I have seen in a while. Well done!

Registered on October 18, 2005, 260 Posts, 2979 Comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 5, 2007 at 3:59 PM

Peter,

this is another fine image, which in my opinion demostrates very well the usage of depth of field for compositional purposes. I just wished a bit of more room at the bottom, for the virtual legs...

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Delaney on November 5, 2007 at 4:51 PM

thanks for comments everyone..appreciate them..tbh this is first time i hve cropped this image...normally leave it full frame...for some reason i decided to post crop version ,,will now post ff please let me know if its better..

Registered on October 27, 2007, 57 Posts, 101 Comments

Comment posted by Emmanuel Do Linh S on November 6, 2007 at 6:39 AM

Peter, this picture is excellent. To my opinion, the full frame version is nicer. Perhaps you could crop a bit up and left (but keeping the original ratio), so as to move the leopard a bit to the right. Cheers, Emmanuel.

Registered on November 6, 2007, 0 Posts, 1 Comments

Comment posted by Josh Anderson on November 6, 2007 at 10:58 AM

Very nice. The light, pose and surroundings are all wonderful. Sweet!

Registered on June 2, 2005, 493 Posts, 2996 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Blount on November 6, 2007 at 11:34 AM

OUTSTANDING!

Registered on October 14, 2007, 58 Posts, 535 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on November 6, 2007 at 10:02 PM

Beautiful light, portrait. Love that look Peter

Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments

Comment posted by Donna Bingham on November 7, 2007 at 5:04 PM

Very nice shot Peter - the light makes this whole shot in my opinion. Great job!

Registered on May 11, 2007, 79 Posts, 405 Comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on November 8, 2007 at 12:59 AM

Wonderful capture. DOF is really good, having the cat stand out against the soft BG. Light and comp are really nice as well. Congrats on a job well done.

Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on November 8, 2007 at 7:39 PM

Great image! Love the light and the OOF foilage.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Tim Davies on November 9, 2007 at 9:27 AM

Much better without the crop, we can see much more of the cats environment.
This is probably one of the better leopard shots I've seen (and there are plenty out there).
Well done.

tkd

Registered on December 25, 2005, 18 Posts, 25 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Allenby on November 9, 2007 at 2:29 PM

An exceptional image! -- My preference is for the non cropped version.

Regards, Simon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 18 Posts, 384 Comments

Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on November 13, 2007 at 12:43 AM

PETER HI
The full frame is far better.
Congrats on E.P.
Where is Kalagadi??

Registered on November 1, 2003, 518 Posts, 2114 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Delaney on November 19, 2007 at 1:57 PM

hi everyone ...i have just come back from kruger....so sorry i have not replied to all your comments...so thank you all for taking time out to comment really appreciate it......

and a big thanks to the Editor.....very pleased!!

Avi ...kgalagadi transfronteir pk is in NW of South Africa.

Registered on October 27, 2007, 57 Posts, 101 Comments