Leopard on misty morning/Kabini#2

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Typical cat behavior of marking his territory, by scratching the tree

Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm

Av 4
Tv 1/40
ISO 1600
EC + 0.7 step
Focal length 500mm
Full frame
Jeep's roof top rod support
Date and Time : 28th Jan'12 @ 6:52am

[Bhargava Srivari]

Very nice feel to the image. You have done well at a low shutter speed. Was there a chance for you to move slightly to the left and shoot, so you may have got more of the leopard?

tfs

[Roopak Gangadharan]

wow how I wish this was in the open with some good light (Height of Greed??? :D)
TFS
Roopak

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Lovely feel to the image. Agree that moving to the left would have given you a clearer shot. However, in this image, the tree blocking the leopard does add to the sense of mystery :).
TFS

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice misty feel. I liked the behavior photographed. Agree with the above comments. Thanks for sharing.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thanks guys for the comments, the moment we spotted this guy we stopped the jeep. The environment and the setting looked so beautiful with this elusive cat, I wanted to make images as is, had we tried to move the jeep this guy would have gone off in seconds. Since ours was only the jeep and everyone maintained silence, this guy marked his territory, looked around and then became invisible in the mist like a ghost. After all this 3 jeeps arrived at this location and they missed big time.

I have one more image where we can see the leopard in full and complete vertical scratching the tree, the visibility was almost nil. Let me process and see if it is worth sharing.

[Suraj Sreedhar]

Nice behavior captured.Mist gives a beautiful feel to the image.
TFS

[Anand Madabhushi]

very well captured.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Beautiful Image. The leopard marking the trees engulfed in mist gives a very mystic feeling. The more appreciable part is that you people managed to spot the leopard in such conditions, nice effort.