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Learning to hunt

Learning to hunt

Spent time one morning with this leopard cub and her mother, "Fig". The focus and concentration is amazing by this young cub. Masai mara, Kenya....
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Spent time one morning with this leopard cub and her mother, "Fig". The focus and concentration is amazing by this young cub. Masai mara, Kenya.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 500/1

location

location

Kenya

upload_date

Feb, 2019

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88

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+9

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You never forget Africa just for scenes

like this, was there in 2017, ( sry page closed on me was not able to finish my sentence.

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#leopard #wildlife #mammal #animal

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