Kudu Kill by Leopard in South Africa

[Dhaines94]

I took this a year or so ago on an african safari. I cropped it, but that is about all. Taken with low light, but I liked the blur effect. I think these are the best ones in a series of 30+ pics

 

[ccssk8ter11]

Thats pretty vicious haha.

 

[Josh66]

Wow, that's intense.

Exif says 70mm, you must have been pretty close...

 

[AlexColeman]

Wow, who feels hungry for steaks now?

 

[Kegger]

Cool series, love the action.

But it's a cheetah, not a leopard.

 

[Dhaines94]

Cool series, love the action.

But it's a cheetah, not a leopard.

Nope, thats a leopard. Its way bigger than a cheetah -

this is a cheetah

Notice the diff in the spots

 

[Dhaines94]

Wow, that's intense.

Exif says 70mm, you must have been pretty close...

Yes, very very close - between 15-20 feet!

 

[Kegger]

I stand corrected...

Thank you good sir.

 

[stsinner]

Posted in 2 locations?? That sucks.

 

[ShutterSpeed]

i don't care to C&C these..

its impressive you got THAT close to these things...

 

[Dhaines94]

Posted in 2 locations?? That sucks.

i'm new here and wasn't sure where to post them.

 

[Overread]

don't worry about that - you will find your feet here soon enough

as for the shots I admit I am not a fan of motion blur - even shots with intentional animal motion blur I find hard to like (such as those with the body infocus and the legs in the blur of motion).

As for your shots I definatly agree that it was impressive that you were able to get that close to a hunting leopard it must have been quite a sight to see that close! A shame that your shutter speed and the lighting were not with you to help - but defintaly a great experience to see!

 

[alarionov]

whoa! that looks scary.

 

[Dhaines94]

don't worry about that - you will find your feet here soon enough

as for the shots I admit I am not a fan of motion blur - even shots with intentional animal motion blur I find hard to like (such as those with the body infocus and the legs in the blur of motion).

As for your shots I definatly agree that it was impressive that you were able to get that close to a hunting leopard it must have been quite a sight to see that close! A shame that your shutter speed and the lighting were not with you to help - but defintaly a great experience to see!

thanks - It happened pretty fast and there was not any time to make adjustments or revise settings. I just held the button down and kept shooting. the funny thing is when we saw it the guide thought that it might try to attack a baby giraffe. that would have been something!!

 

[manaheim]

I agree with overread... faster shutter would have been better. Still cool, though.