Ranthambore diary May-15

[Vipin Sharma]

Just back from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve , I was there for 10-days for some specific reason , though same wasn't get fulfilled but this time I was overwhelmed by few leopard sighting in RTR which is again a different experience for me.
These images are of female leopard from zone -4 , ours was the only jeep present there during the entire 1/2hr sighting.
She was very comfortable with our presence; saw her chasing peacock which apparently un-successful but then she gave us an adequate time to capture thru my lens.

Canon EOS7D , Canon 300mm f/4 , 1/320 , f/4 , ISO-800 , +0.3 step Handheld.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely sighting and eye contact. Good action. The image doesn't look sharp. Is this a large crop? Did you post an image larger than 1024 pixels?

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see a leopard in Ranathambore. Liked the pose and the eye contact. The rocky background looks nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Vipin Sharma]

Dada , yes indeed , I posted image larger than 1024, org image is very sharp.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Good pose and a nice setting. Agree the image looks soft.

TFS
Roopak

[Vipin Sharma]

Since it was posted larger than 1024 & high resolution image. Re-posting here again with 1024 on longer side & 300KB file size.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Amazing display of movement of the second* strongest muscles of the leopard in the legs, so nicely captured.
Looking at this image, we could fully appreciate how the ' Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
entered through the narrow slip of the window set at some 4 feet above the floor level avoiding knocking the large brass vessel containing drinking-water placed there.'
Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild
*Strongest attached to the Jaws