Leopard (female)/Bandipur#3

[Praveen Siddannavar]

From the recent trip to Bandipur, as mentioned this leopard was really annoyed with too many langurs giving alarm calls. She didn't get down from the tree because of our presence, but one can image how irritating it can be with the langurs jumping around and their calls, when such beautiful cat is resting.

I tried this with f11, as an experiment. Your expert comments and suggestions will be valuable...

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 500mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 11
ISO 640
EC - 0.3
Focal length 500mm
Full frame
Bean Bag Support

[Sabyasachi Patra]

This one looks better as the leopard here has raised its head and is clearly visible above the branch. It is good that light has fallen on its face. Also, the sky is not visible. Else, there would have been problems in terms of highlights. It is always a pleasure watching a leopard. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bhargava Srivari]

Nice one Praveen sir....the spotlight on the face makes this a good image.

tfs

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice compo praveen. Terrific series you have here.

TFS
Roopak

[Amit Kalele]

wonderful shot Praveen. love the setting and how the top leaves frame it. If Img Q permits I would loose it till the right tree trunk and bottom big OOF leaves.

[Capt. Balakrishnan Adaganti]

beautiful shot