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Young male leopard
Young male leopard
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This photograph was taken in the klaserie in the Kruger National park in winter. This is a young male lion walking through the bush not far from his motherTime
This is one of my favourite images as seeing a leopard is rare but to get to see one as close as this is rarer, it was later afternoon game drive in winter and he blended in to the bush, so to make him stand out I change it to black and white, this showed off his beautiful markingsLighting
This was the perfect gold hour of day so the light was fantasticEquipment
For this shot I used a Nikon D750 and a 200/500 lensInspiration
It was a lucky shot and very lucky sighting in the wild of such a beautiful creatureEditing
Believe it or not other then to crop and change to black and white I did very little else to this imageIn my camera bag
In the bush I always have a wild angled lense, portrait lens and a long lends and 2 camera bodies to work betweenFeedback
Try to take the shot as low as is safe to do so without bringing yourself to wild animals attention and try and have a stabiliser to help with shaking
