Panther | bandipur

[Bhargava Srivari]

From my trip to bandipur in march...the last two trips had been least rewarding in terms of sightings!

It is always special to sight a leopard that looks so calm and cool right inside tiger territory..

f5.6, 1/60sec, ISO 2000, EV -0.3, 400mm
canon 60D, canon 100-400 L IS

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

I would have preferred the leopard lower down in the frame, and a little more space to the right (I guess that would mean using a shorter focal length if this is full frame). Nice behaviour captured. Light seems low.
A good shot given the conditions. TFS.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bhargava,
That is life. There will be ups and downs. When you were getting good sightings you never asked God why you are getting good sightings. So now you can't complain.

Including less of foreground would have been better for this image. It is always nice to see a leopard.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Indeed this was special sighting at Bandipur, lovely image under low light. A little work on compo as suggested will look even better.
tfs

[Vijayasarathy Sekar]

- I guess as long as tigers evolve to be better tree climbers, our spotted friends can take it easy !! .

I agree with Abhishek, the captured behaviour makes the picture all the more interesting!

Thanks for sharing.