Leppy meditates...

[Bhargava Srivari]

Honestly, this came as a surprise. I was shooting this leopard continuously when he offered a half-turn and closed his eyes...
made 14 images of the same pose, so he kept his eyes closed for 5-6 seconds at least.
Why he did so, I do not know:) But the same thing, he did again a few min later!

canon 60D
sigma 150-500mm

f8
SS 1/800sec
ISO 800
EV 0
focal length 216mm

[Mrudul Godbole]

A very peculiar behavior captured. The head turn is nice. The habitat displayed looks good. The first thought that came to my mind was, it might be because of the sunlight :), but that wont be the case as it did it twice. Really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Looks like it woke up and got down from the tree. Why 216 mm? Sighting a leopard is always an exciting experience. Waiting for you to photograph a leopard with your new lens. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bhargava Srivari]

Thanks Sabyasachi. 216mm because I wanted to make an image that I could use with my intended composition directly. In fact, this image is hardly a 10% crop..so the max I would have shot is around 250-270mm! Sure hope to get a leopard when I will be in bandipur for two days this weekend:)