Through the gloom of the forest


Posted by nilanjan.ray on Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:06 pm

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A female Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) in Satpura National Park. In this park leopards are not used to the presence of humans, and vanish at the slightest sight or sound. We were lucky to sight and shoot this girl while she was on a tree.

Shot in bad light from far away. Negative EV to get the feel, as well as selective dodging and burning.

P.S. This park is beautiful, and somewhat undiscovered. One can stay inside the forest in 100+ year old forest rest houses, where one hears alarm calls throughout the night and sees pug marks of big cats in the morning near the rest house. I had to offroad (in a 4wd SUV) for 40 kilometres to reach the forest rest house.
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by Marc on Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:23 pm
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I like the concept here Nilanjan, but would have perferred to see some (slight) detail in the tree, just a little too dark for mine, and would love to see a repost.
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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:25 pm
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Very dramatic image of this secretive cat!  Quite unique!

I love it.
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by JessFindlay on Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:07 am
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Love this, Nilanjan. Beautifully done.
 

by david fletcher on Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:31 pm
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Following Marc's thoughts, I too like where you are going, just feel the need to encourage you to explore more this style of image and see where the journey ends.
Make your life spectacular!

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by nilanjan.ray on Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:32 am
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Thank you all for the feedback.
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by Robert Sabin on Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:34 pm
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Carol Clarke wrote:Very dramatic image of this secretive cat!  Quite unique!

I love it.
 

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