In the Bush

We were lucky to find this Leopard “hiding” in a bush, it was very hot ad you could hardly blame him.
Taken in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 560 mm
F 5.6
ISO 800
1/400

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Beautiful portrait and great techs!
Love the details in the leopard. I may tone down some bright spots around the face.

I like that the shrubbery circles his beautiful face. Great detail.

Ken: you’ve captured great detail in the leopard’s face as well as a good pose. I particularly like how the cat is framed by he greenery. Richard

Superb detail in the leopard, Ken. I agree with Jagdeep about eliminating some of the brighter spots.

Very nice portrait with nice framing…

Very handsome cat, and such a nice complementary setting. Given the pose, I would work on getting the leopard’s head more in the right third of the image, by cropping a bit from the top and the right. This would also help eliminate some of the distracting light tones in the foliage.

Max