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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
We toured Namibia in May 2006 and, of course, had to visit the Etosha National Park.
We were blessed with a great variety of animal sightings, but no lepoard had crossed our
path yet.
As we were driving along just outside Halali camp, my wife spotted a movement in the grass
alongside the road. We excitedly identified a lone leopard walikng toeards a clump of bushes
and we parked in the shade of a tree growing alongside the road.
After about five minutes, the leopard emerged from the bushes and headeed for our tree and
promptly climbed up and lay on a branch right close tous! We couldn't believe our luck and I
started taking pictures like crazy!
If this had happened in Kruger National Park in South Africa there would have been about 20
cars or more crowding the spot, but we had the leopard all to ourselves.
After about 10 minutes, the leopard jumped down and again disappeared into the grass. |
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Hi Peter
Imagine travelling so far to go and see a leopard, but after this chance encounter I am sure you were convinced it was worth the while. I mean this is really what one can call "Coming to the party". The immense luck you had for this leopard to choose the specific tree (under which you have parked) to climb into. A most graceful and majestic animal and even lying down like this on the branch it shows.
A good capture that shows those lovely large alert eyes and the prone body quite comfortable on the thin branch. Even at 9 in the morning the harsh Namibian sun is evident and you did well to control the exposure and the backlight.
Good work and TFS.
Regards
Loot
Hello Peter,
You were lucky...sometimes things happen in nature and they are unpredictable especially if you take into account you are dealing with a leopard.
Well I read your note and concerning your comment about Kruger
I have to tell you I only spotted once in 20 days a leopard (with two cubs). I was very happy it was a 5 minutes private meeting... thus no other cars or people involved:-)
You captured a very beautiful animal. The predator's awesome eyes are very visible and its pose on that branch is great.
Well done
TFS
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