Lazy Leopard Stretch/Bandipur

[Praveen Siddannavar]

From the same series of my recent weekend trip to Bandipur, loved the whiskers and the lazy stretch;) by the female leopard, however she was irritated all thru by the langurs giving alarm calls. Regret here that ideally I should have made a vertical shot on the field:(

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 500mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/640
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
ISO 640
EC - 0.3
Focal length 500mm
Cropped for vertical composition
Bean Bag Support

[Supreet Sahoo]

What a candid moment caught on camera .... really nice long whiskers as well ... Nice one Praveen

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely pose captured. Agree a vertical would have been great. The whiskers look great. Maybe less space on the bottom and more on the top would have been good. Why -0.3 EV and ISO 640? Wish the overhead branch was not present, but good that you got the face in clear. You got any with the eyes open? Thanks for sharing.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thanks Supreet and Mrudul for the comments.

Mrudul will try and open the eyes in PP and will post it for you:)

[Bhargava Srivari]

I am OK with the space at the bottom, because anyway, even with more space at the top, the leopard's remainder wouldn't have been visible! I like the mood of the frame...seems like the cat was up from a good day's siesta:)

tfs

Bhargava

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Cracker of a shot, Praveen! I agree with Bhargava, more space at the top won't be too useful. Love the lazy look. The whiskers make this image for me :).
TFS.

[Dipankar Mazumdar]

Aaah, Brilliant what a super pose, languid and a Sunday feel to it !!!
Must say the individual a rather generously endowed with whiskers !!!!. Agree with the comments on space around.
Thanx for sharing
Cheers
Dipankar

[Bibhav Behera]

Wow. Nice pose and look at the length of those Whiskers :)

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice one praveen.Agree with comments . wish the branch in front wasn't there. Is the yawn coming next :001_smile: ????
TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Superb pose. I don't mind the eyes not being open. It would have been good if you could have done a vertical in the field with 500 + 1.4x TC.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi