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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Wildlife Gallery, week ending 14th September, 2012!
Sorry for keeping on posting monochrome/duotone images, but as I said I am working up a new series and having a blast in the process   This is from the far northern Kruger National Park. I mentioned previously how I love capturing a truly wild leopard. As much as I enjoy the proximity and images you can achieve in a place like the Sabi Sands where you are almost driven up the leopard's backside, it's the thrill of finding your own skittish leopard that is not accustomed to vehicles that gets my heart racing even more.  This youngster was hiding in a thicket after mom went off hunting. We had just missed them sitting by the roadside for an hour (I was shooting vultures on an elephant carcass, go figure  ) and when we arrived they were gone. The people that were parked there moved off, and I told my wife to check again (she has the better pair of eyes)...soon enough she spotted this guy lying down in the mopani thickets. He eventually moved into a palm thicket and peeked out the other side, where I fired off a few frames.What do you think? I converted to stark B&W here as it shows the leopard's eyes better, gets rid of the colourful leaves in the way that distract, and conveys the mood I wanted to portray. Techs: Nikon D3s with Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II f4.0 @ 1/800 SS @ ISO-450 cropped from horizontal  |
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