Leopard in the morning

Nx0691Nx0691 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
edited March 23, 2015 in Wildlife
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Taken on an early morning safari in Samburu national park in Kenya.

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  • AceCo55AceCo55 Registered Users Posts: 950 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    Beautiful ... the warm colours are gorgeous.
    I have heard that leopards are particular hard to get photos of, so you must be very pleased with this.
    Would you mind sharing how far you were away and what lens (lenses) you would recommend for this type of safari?
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  • Nx0691Nx0691 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    AceCo55 wrote: »
    Beautiful ... the warm colours are gorgeous.
    I have heard that leopards are particular hard to get photos of, so you must be very pleased with this.
    Would you mind sharing how far you were away and what lens (lenses) you would recommend for this type of safari?

    Thanks very much! We were very lucky to see the Leopard, made getting up that early worth it! I was about 15m away and used a 70-200mm f2.8. I would defiantly say you would need something more than 200mm.
    Thanks
    Nick
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    Cool! Did you stay for more?
  • Nx0691Nx0691 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Cool! Did you stay for more?

    Hey, I managed to get some of elephants and a lioness and her cubs. Not overly happy with how I photographed them tho.
  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2015
    Nick, very nice shot. Good warm colors. thumb.gif
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  • AceCo55AceCo55 Registered Users Posts: 950 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2015
    Nx0691 wrote: »
    Thanks very much! We were very lucky to see the Leopard, made getting up that early worth it! I was about 15m away and used a 70-200mm f2.8. I would defiantly say you would need something more than 200mm.
    Thanks
    Nick

    Thanks for the background info.
    15m! Sweet!
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  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2015
    Love the warm tone of that morning light.
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