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Panthera Pardus Saxicolor


Panthera Pardus Saxicolor
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Copyright: Alan Turvey (liquidsunshine) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1889 W: 112 N: 3371] (11494)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-05-05
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 300 D, Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX APO RF, Hoya skylight (1B)
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-11-26 6:37
Viewed: 2073
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Points: 52
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Kept in the Archives, from my May Visit to the Rare leopard breeding project.
This is the Persian Leopard, and a very sweet and friendly one. I was fortunate enough to get within a couple of inches of this leopard, a couple of times her tail brushing me.
I was photographing and observing this leopard for about an hour. Her name is Sade, and she has been hand reared at the centre as her mother wasn't giving milk. It is hoped that a mate can be found for her soon.

Persian Leopard, Panthera pardus saxicolor

One of the largest races of leopards, this long-haired subspecies was said to resemble the unrelated snow leopard when first described in 1929. Later, well-documented descriptions of animals from northern Iran helped develop this studbook. Subsequent animals came into captivity from the same region as well as the Kopet Dagh region of northeast Iran near Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Little field work has been done in any of these countries but no more than 2,000 individuals are thought to remain within this otherwise large, sparsely inhabited (human) area. At one time this race was very common in European zoos, with populations exceeding 200 individuals. Sub-sequently, populations of this subspecies have declined in Europe and in January, 1999 the captive collection outside of range country zoos was 155 (82.73) leopards in 72 locations, nearly all of which are in Europe. In North America the population is less than 10 individuals maintained by eight zoos; due to a lack of space, this subspecies is being managed to extinction. The founder size worldwide is only 10 and because of the political turmoil within its tri-country range - Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan - additional founders have not been available to zoos from any of these countries. In Europe, the Munster Zoo supports the EEP for this race. IUCN lists this subspecies as Endangered and suggests that the Caucasian leopard, P. p. ciscaucasia, and Persian leopard are synonymous.

These notes are from www.csew.com

Thanks for looking, have a great weekend
thistle, Fisher, dew77, marhowie, scottevers7, wallhalla15, chiliu, hummingbird24, livios, chouette, coasties, sAner, red45, Luc, valy67, jeanpaul has marked this note useful
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Wow, this is a fantastic portrait of this, the most handsome of beasts. Nice and crisp, in focus. Well done and thanks for sharing. TFS

Jan-Hendrik

I don't know what to write ;)
"She's SWEET a and the photo is PERFECT" seems to be enough, but would it be a decent critique? ;)

Superb shot my friend! :)

Good detail, nice eye contact, well done.

Greg

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-11-26 10:35]

Hi Alan,

Excellent portrait and well done on the composition. Beautiful.

Mike

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-11-26 10:45]

Hello Alan!
Magnificent portrait.Crisp clear details,POV,sharpness,colors,framing,proud expression on face and composition are wonderful.TFS...:-)

Well done Alan..Hats off as they say ;-)
Thank you my friend!

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  • klemmg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
  • [2005-11-26 11:13]

I agree with Monika. Superb about sums it up, this is an excellent shot with great colour and detail, and a good composition to let you focus on that stare, which naturally is an eye-catcher. The BG is nicely blurred to focus on the subject.
Regards,
Gabi

Hi Alan,
Excellent portrait. The composition and framing look great. Very good colors, detail, and clarity in this shot.
Scott

Excellent portrait shot Alan, great sharpness, excellent details and colours. Nice eye contact too. This is a perfect composition with excellent POV. Thanks for sharing.

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2005-11-26 13:26]

wauw,
Technical a very good shot Alan,
the pov is perfect, the dof is good and the composition is fantastic, great job,
gr. jaap

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  • Libor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 176 W: 1 N: 25] (1101)
  • [2005-11-26 15:17]

wauuuu beautiful portrait !!!!
perfect work

Very nice portrait, crystal clear Alan, what a privilege to work with big cats. Well done. :)

What is sharpness, Alan? - Just look at your shot and you know! Wow, it seems I can count every single hair of this beautiful cat - and she knows she's pretty, the eyes are telling this. Excellent, thanks, have a great weekend
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • chiliu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1494 W: 0 N: 1175] (6494)
  • [2005-11-26 17:09]

Hi Alan,
Great quality portrait, very nice colour,
good details, and framing.
TFS!

Wonderful portrait of a beautiful cat. Your exposure and POV are perfect!

Well seen! Stay away from the ruby curry tonight...

Your friend from the land of safe Thai food,

Alli

Hello Alan,

She is a beauty and you have captured her well.

A wonderful composition, with excellent details, especially the direct eye contact.

Well done and thank you.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-11-26 19:17]

Alan, what a pose, what an expression.

Excellent shot of this very beautiful animal.

Composition, sharpness, dof and pov are perfect too.

Hi Alan

Wow... this is an excellent shot. What a beautiful face. Eye contact is perfect and so is the exposure. Top shot. Thanks.

soo many good imaages today, unbelievable. This one is such quality, poisons with jealousy (just kidding). TFS, Awesome !

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-11-27 6:22]

Excellent portrait. Extremely sharp details and wonderul composition. Very well exposed. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-11-27 13:41]

Great work Alan! This is one of most beautifull portraits of Leopard I've ever saw. Proud and sad face, excellent, 'royal' pose. Quality is perfect.

BTW - after half of season my favourite Widzew Lodz is first in second div. On second place is our biggest enemy ;-) ŁKS Lodz. I hope they both will play in first division next year.

Personal assessment of the photo: excellent portrait. Maybe I would have blured the bg.
Capacity of evocation in me: very strong.
Very strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much Alan.

Excellent capture Alan! Clear and sharp with nice colors. I like the way he was looking at you! Great details and composition. Thanks for sharing!

Great!!!

Thanks for sharing...

Michael

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2006-03-27 15:19]

I love all the big Felidae, lions, tigers, leopards, etc... They are always so beautiful. Your photo makes no exception. This Persian Leopard is wonderful. You've added a very interesting note, thanks.
Valerie

Bonjour ALAN
Ces animaux sont faits pour être pris en photo. Les yeux sont merveilleux. Pose fière. On peut voir chaque poil de la fourrure de l'animal. Belle composition!

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