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Leopard resting, Botswana.jpeg

Leopard resting, Botswana.jpeg

The most abundant yet most elusive of the big cats: Leopards can hide in plain sight. Even knowing where it was in the tree it took me at least 5 minutes to fin...
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The most abundant yet most elusive of the big cats: Leopards can hide in plain sight. Even knowing where it was in the tree it took me at least 5 minutes to find it. Somehow I feel he showed his contempt for me in his stare!
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NIKON D300S

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settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 200 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 5000/10

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location

Botswana

upload_date

Jun, 2019

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Awards

Peer Award

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Superb Composition

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