Leopard/Kabini#1

[Praveen Siddannavar]

We were driving back from Segur road and our morning safari had almost come to an end. As we were just about to approach the view line, we saw a herd of spotted deers grazing and some resting, by no means this was a small herd my guess is, there were over 100 deers atleast. Seeing them we spotted and it is never easy to photograph such a large herd.
Within minutes we heard a langur alarm call, it was quite evident a cat was somewhere around. I asked Muddu our driver to drive few yards and we stopped again. And on our right we spotted this huge male leopard crouching from the Parthenium. He had his belly full and was looking for his mate that is clearly seen in the image how focused he is.


Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm lens
Av 4
Tv 1/1000
ISO 800
Focal length 500mm
Cropped
Support from roof top
Date and Time : 30th June'12 @ 8:38am
Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Kabini)

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. The habitat displayed looks good. Nice intent pose. Just a bit more space on the right would be good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Beautiful image.... Nice crouching pose... TFS

[Atul Sinai]

wonderful image, nicely documented. thanks for sharing

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

A story-telling photograph. It is creeping upon its prey crouching little low. Target fixed, eyes focussed. Attack imminent. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Lovely image Praveen ... Like the pose and the low angle. How abt reducing the brightness a bit. seems to be big guy.

TFS
Roopak

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely image of the leopard Praveen. The stalking pose looks nice and the habitat is also nicely displayed. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely pose. This is a fantastic sighting. Thanks for sharing .

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

What a rivetting shot! Kudos