The Typical Kabini | Leopard Scape

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Photographed at Kabini,It was our evening safari and the shot was taken at around 6'o Clock and i could manage only this.

Nikon D7000, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E II/14E

F/7.1, 1/100s, ISO 4000, Full Frame

[Mrudul Godbole]

Wow lovely pose captured. Liked the way it is sitting on the curved branch and looking towards you. Seems the light was quite bad. When was this photographed? Thanks for sharing.

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Thank you Mrudul for the Comments.... yes light was very bad...
This was in last weekend(15th June 2013 )

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice natural image. I like the composition with habitat. It is enjoying early rains, but selected tree with broad leaves not to get wet too much, (leopard does not like heavy rains),and using tree for surveillance. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this Sucheth!

It has choosen a branch with a fork, so that it can rest effortlessly without falling. As expected, light in the evening is low in Kabini. It is always tough to get an image in these conditions. The naturalists and drivers know the trees preferred by leopards, else sighting would be impossible. Did you shoot with a beanbag? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice scape sucheth.looks good.

TFS
Roopak

[Hymakar Valluru]

He got on top of the safari jeep and clicked this.... :-)