Motif: Cheetah Stalking

Posted by ebkw on Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:34 pm

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I have lots of favourite feline shots but this is one of the top ones. This is Princess and one of her four cubs taken at the end of October 2001. She hadn't eaten in a couple of days and this was the first time I had seen the beginning of the stalk. We knew she was serious when she did her stretch routine. It was not to be as the cubs came tumbling over to her and blew her cover. Masai Mara.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:43 pm

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Vewry nice shot - wish you would have stopped down a bit to get some more DOF to get both animals sharp.

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by NDCheryl on Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:14 pm

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Nice one. She looks very focused. Too bad the cubs were not as serious as their mom. Thanks for posting to this weeks motif.

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by Wayne Ellis on Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:05 am

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Great pose Eleanor

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by DC on Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:12 am

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Great shot and a nice pose.

If anyone's interested she is called Kike in the BBC's Big Cat diary

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:01 pm

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Lovely composition Eleanor and nice shot!

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by apana on Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:39 am

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This is excellent. I can see why it is one of you favourites.

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