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Leopard cub/young adult

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on September 19, 2007 at 4:00 AM
Leopard cub/young adult
Whilst returning back to camp after watching one of the many Wildebeest crossings near Serena, we could not be leieve what we saw close to a small drift. This young leopard hunting what appeared to be small rodents. Total unphased by our vehicle, we watch for about 20 minuted the stalking, then hide & seek this young leopard displayed. A real treat :-)

SJK

1D MKIII 500f4 AV 1/250 f7.1 ISO 800
Posted by Paul Gibbs on September 19, 2007 at 4:22 AM
Nice, they are beautiful animals. It looks tather intent on what it is doing...
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on September 19, 2007 at 6:13 AM
It certainly was Paul :wink:
Posted by Alan Bryant on September 19, 2007 at 6:54 AM
WOW that must of been awesome to watch such a rare beast :eek:

Great shot to boot aswell :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 19, 2007 at 3:10 PM
Lovely cap and what a treat to have this chap in front of your cam :toast:

Personally I'm not keen on the crop though - you not got one in LS format Stephen?
Posted by Marko Trebušak on September 20, 2007 at 12:46 AM
I really like how its head is well separated from background. And another plus is, that there is not a single grass blade in front of it :toast:! Crop is a personal thing, but since head is so dominant (body seems quite OOF), I think that it actually works.

Cheers,
Marko