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Amur Leopard


Amur Leopard
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Copyright: Michael Halliday (pompey) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 146 W: 4 N: 745] (2768)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01-09
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 300 D, Canon EF 75-300/4.0-5.6 III, Skylight
Exposure: f/4, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Great cats - Grandes felinos, Felidae of the world: First series [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-01-10 13:37
Viewed: 4348
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Status: Critically Endangered
Distribution: S.W.region of Primorski Krai province in Russia, E. Manchukua in N.E. China
Sexually mature: 3 - 4 Years
Approx. gestation: 112 days
Approx. nbr. of young: 2
Life span: 20

The leopard is a solitary animal which hunts mainly at night and hides during the day. The Amur leopards, also known as the Far Eastern leopards, are the northern most subspecies of leopard and are well adapted to snowy winters. They inhabit an area to the west of Vladivostok. The Amur leopards prefer mixed forest where there are sufficient numbers of deer, hares, badgers and raccoon dogs that form the bulk of their prey. They often make their dens in caves and bury their prey under fallen leaves. The cubs are born in a den and suckle for three months.

Deforestation, the bushmeat trade, the use of animal parts for traditional medicine and conflict with humans has had a devastating effect on the leopard population. There has also been a drastic reduction in the number of prey species, and further disruption due to mineral extraction and extensive road building. The Amur leopard has been a protected species in Russia since 1956, but there is still a problem with poaching.

In situ (in the wild) conservation efforts include anti-poaching patrols, customs control, fighting forest fires, environmental education programmes and the tightening of regulations on hunting methods used for other species (eg. hunting with dogs and steel traps has been discontinued in some areas). A census carried out in February 2000 found 22 – 27 individual Amur leopards left in the wild.
Pictured at Marwell Zoological Park in Hampshire.
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  • Great 
  • papkin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 78 W: 0 N: 96] (1580)
  • [2005-01-10 13:45]

Beautiful cat.
Very good photo.

Hi Michael, excelent shot of the leopard. What a view.!!!
Well done.
I did a workshop for you to increase the colors.

Mike

Composition: ***
Sharpness: ***
Color: **
DOF: ***
POV: ***

Nice shot, just a bit too dark, well done.
TFS.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-01-11 9:05]

Beautifull cat. I like his pose and silhouette. So proud and strong. Great picture.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2005-01-11 22:14]

This is a beautiful sharp capture. A bit more space on the left would have moved him uot of the center, but this is not distracting.

Very well done and thanks for posting

Interesting subject and a nice pose. There are a bit of noise in the shot. And the compo would have been stronger if not for the tree out of the back. Nice write up on the subject. Thanx for sharing.

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