This is from the same family I had been working with from previous images, taken around 5.00pm in a small clearing. Mum had concealed the left overs of a kill in some dense scrub which she then decided to bring out to share with the two cubs, but on her terms. This little female cub decided to voice her thoughts too and challenge mum for a bit to eat. Pleased at the depth of detail, as the focus point was on Mum's eye, but more amazed the cub was on the same plane as Mum and to get the ridges in the palate of the mouth too. As the action was on Mum, having only part of the cub in shot for me isn't an issue, plus no option with a fixed lens.
Cheers Barry, sorry will try and look for the Distance too, but wasn't that great.
Andy, think if I had taken the 1Dx with me, upping that ISO and I probably would have had the whole cub in too, would perhaps have been like using a Nikon. but better
Posted by Neil Burton on August 7, 2012 at 7:59 AM
Dont mind cutting off the cub, shame we cannot see some eye ;) but yeah, top quality that
Posted by Bob Johnson on August 10, 2012 at 8:09 AM
Great exposure Steve. Its certainly rare to see leopard feeding on the ground in the wild. I know it is part of the scene but I would be tempted to remove the three obvious flies from the carcass
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12 repliesSteve
Subject: Leopard cub challenging mum (Panthera pardus)
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon MKIV
Lens: 500f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/250s at f/5.6 ISO800 +0.33 stop compensation
Crop: Slight crop (original capture horizontal)
Removed an offending grass stem on RHS
Absolute Quality of the highest order.
Andy, think if I had taken the 1Dx with me, upping that ISO and I probably would have had the whole cub in too, would perhaps have been like using a Nikon.
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