Jungle Cat II

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, India

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie. 800mm, ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/800mm, EV: +1/3, full frame image.

This jungle cat came quiet close and it became difficult for me as I was clicking at 800mm. Later on shifted to my 70-200. I purposefully dialled in a +1/3 exposure compensation to bring out more details and burn the background.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Sabyasachi - I guess this is shot in B'garh, you have mentioned Bandipur. Lovely sighting this, the jungle cat in open looks good, the details have come out well. Ideally more space all around would have been good.
Somehow I liked the previous image than this.
tfs

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Praveen,
It was photographed in bandhavgarh. Brain failure. Correcting the original post.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice pose and details sir.this is rare. Seen a lot of adult jungle cat. Was the parent around?? Hybrids with housescats have been known to occur which are smaller in size and less shy.This certainly looks like a jungle cat kitten. waiting for more...

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice details and eye contact. I agree it was quite close for you in 800mm. Some more space at the left would have enhanced the image further. The dry leaves give a nice feel of the habitat. Thanks for sharing.