Born Climbers

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This in continuation to my postings of recent trip to Kabini, I am sharing another image of this young male leopard that was seen resting on a small tree. This is full frame image with no cropping done; I like this image, simply because it portrays the natural habitat of these cats. I used ISO 400 for this shot and still managed a decent shutter speed of 1/125 sec for a still subject. Further I made attempts of increasing ISO to 800 and 1600, I am quite happy that no noise is visible and yet again it proved that Canon 1D Mark IV can take even over ISO 2000 to give a noiseless image. I will share the other images with higher ISO’s in the coming days, just in case you have missed the previous leopard image showing its stealth and real time narration, you may wish to follow the link below:
http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?13327

Camera – Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon f4 500mm lens
EXIF – ISO 400 Av 4 Tv 1/125 sec EC -0.3, Full frame and bean bag support
Location -Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Nagaralhole, Kabini
12th Oct'13

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Lovely snap as usual Praveen. Brilliant portrayal of the environment, a typical leopard tree pose with the dangling tail and legs and a wonderful head turn.

I'm not surprised that there is no noise around the 1600 ISO on the 1D M IV, for if you see some of my images in a 5D M III, the noise levels are bearable even at 6400 ISO and above ( http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?12690-Crested-Serpent-Eagle ). In fact, one shot at 16000 ISO of a couple of langurs with the 5D MIII was not as bad as i thought it would be (http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?12866-Langur).

So, i think you can boldly go much above the 1600 ISO (if you really have to) on your wonderful piece of equipment - the 1D Mark IV.

thanks for sharing

Rajan

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice Frame Praveen, the angle and greenery make this image.

TFS
Roopak