We thought this leopard was climbing to a resting spot for an afternoon nap. She was actually getting into position to pounce on unsuspecting impala that would soon be grazing below. The pounce, of course, happened after we had already left and returned to camp for lunch. The consolation prize for our impatience was a bunch of nice portrait shots of Africa’s most elegant cat. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 220mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.
What did you guys have for lunch back at the camp? Did you eat an unsuspecting impala? That would be ironic, if you ate the imapala the leopard was expecting to eat. Kind of like a Seinfeld episode if Jerry Seinfeld was actually Sean Crane.
Sorry for doing two jokes. Normally I wouldn’t. But I don’t know when the next time you’ll post a leopard is so I wanted to workshop all my leopard content now.
Leopards spend a good deal of their time in trees and will quite often drag their prey up there with them. I once saw a leopard drag an impala, bigger than she was, up into a tree.
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We thought this leopard was climbing to a resting spot for an afternoon nap. She was actually getting into position to pounce on unsuspecting impala that would soon be grazing below. The pounce, of course, happened after we had already left and returned to camp for lunch. The consolation prize for our impatience was a bunch of nice portrait shots of Africa’s most elegant cat. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 220mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.
Those eyes are captivating.
What did you guys have for lunch back at the camp? Did you eat an unsuspecting impala? That would be ironic, if you ate the imapala the leopard was expecting to eat. Kind of like a Seinfeld episode if Jerry Seinfeld was actually Sean Crane.
Also – was this a Def leopard or a non-Def leopard? I know there are two kinds.
Sorry for doing two jokes. Normally I wouldn’t. But I don’t know when the next time you’ll post a leopard is so I wanted to workshop all my leopard content now.
Good idea Louis. By the time a post another leopard I’m sure you’ll have all new material.
Such a spectacular animal. Beautiful Sean. He’s so big to be all the way up that tree!
Leopards spend a good deal of their time in trees and will quite often drag their prey up there with them. I once saw a leopard drag an impala, bigger than she was, up into a tree.
Spectacular!! Both the shot and the specimen. They are amazing, graceful, elegant, and lethal to impalas!
Thanks Laura.