I’ve been on safari in six countries in Africa. Botswana can be the most wild of them, and with the ability to drive anywhere you want, it can be the most enjoyable to track big cats as well as wild dogs. But the scrub forest landscape can also come with more distracting elements, making it more difficult to not only find elusive wildlife, but also to capture good pictures. We had been following leopard tracks for about an hour before we finally found this cat. It was challenging at first to capture images without branches getting in the way, but then for just a moment the leopard entered this circular clearing allowing me a few quick shots when the distractions all of a sudden became a nice framing element. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/125th of a second
——- In leopard land a magician
——- Weaves a spell
——- In obscuring pelt and
——- Shimmering.leaf left in
——- Brilliant sun
——- In the blink of an eye
——- The fish becomes
——- The sea .
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I’ve been on safari in six countries in Africa. Botswana can be the most wild of them, and with the ability to drive anywhere you want, it can be the most enjoyable to track big cats as well as wild dogs. But the scrub forest landscape can also come with more distracting elements, making it more difficult to not only find elusive wildlife, but also to capture good pictures. We had been following leopard tracks for about an hour before we finally found this cat. It was challenging at first to capture images without branches getting in the way, but then for just a moment the leopard entered this circular clearing allowing me a few quick shots when the distractions all of a sudden became a nice framing element.
Very nice, Sean. That kitty is pretty well camoflauged. I can see how difficult it must have been to locate animals in such terrain & flora.
——- In leopard land a magician
——- Weaves a spell
——- In obscuring pelt and
——- Shimmering.leaf left in
——- Brilliant sun
——- In the blink of an eye
——- The fish becomes
——- The sea .