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I can see you!

Nothing can compare with the experience of going eyeball to eyeball with a wild leopard. This is a 3 year old male called Quarantine. We were parked just under ...
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Nothing can compare with the experience of going eyeball to eyeball with a wild leopard. This is a 3 year old male called Quarantine. We were parked just under the tree he was sitting in, trying to get a good look around his territory to see if there were any interlopers or likely sources of food. I'm glad I was definitely not the latter.
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Aperture f/8 ISO 400 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 350/1

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