Male Leopard/Kabini

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Hello Friends, I am back from Tanzania, it was an amazing trip, lots of action & drama photographs to share on Face Book, Few of the members were keen to see the images, kindly join me on Face Book. Indiawilds doesn't permit postings of images photographed outside India.

Shot this Male Leopard at Kabini...

Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm

Av 4
Tv 1/250
ISO 1600
Focal length 500mm
Cropped
Jeep's roof top rod support
Date and Time : 26th Jan'12 @ 5:54pm

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Praveen Bhai,
Subha Doljatra and Happy Holi.Have you seen Caracal in Tanzania? Panna T.R. is a good habitat for them.Have you seen it in India? After I saw the image of injured Male cub of Gouri posted by Madam Mrudul, I am deeply concerned.

Coming to the image of the Male leopard,I will only say the eyes of leopard have come out like the glass marbles we used to play in village school.Simply matchless.Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards,
SaktiWild
P.S.:This is a rare case,in my view,when a photographer has prevailed over technology.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Good one praveen. agree that the eyes have come out really well. wish for more space at the bottom.

Nice to know that you had a great time in Africa. The african bush must have been a totally different experience after all the time in the tropical evergreen and deciduous forests of the western ghats.

TFS
Roopak

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely image Praveen.The eyes are amazing and very expressive. The details look lovely. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice pose. Good to see it in the open without any intervening vegetation. In my last bandipur visit, I saw a leopard stalking, but it was difficult to get a clean shot. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Suraj Sreedhar]

lovely image of this huge guy.............nice pose
TFS

[Anand Madabhushi]

Amazing. The thumbnail in the Mammals page does not do justice to this image.

[Deepak Ramani]

Beautiful image. The stance, the head turn, everything adds to the image