Leopard Kill by SBL

Tuesday, 10th July 2007

Leopard Kill

by SBL

It was the loud alarm calls of the Baboon troupe that alerted us to the presence of this Leopard. The subdued light of the early morning gave me the opportunity to use a slow shutter speed to blur the motion of this Leopard as it dragged its Baboon kill through the dense bush.

Equipment: Canon 5D

SBL

I have been a photographer for a number of years and I focus mainly on travel and wildlife photography.

14 Comments

robert matycz Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 6:33 am
super foto,good foto.good luck.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 6:43 am
This is a great and dynamic shot. I bet you used a 400 or 500mm lens, right? Either that or you were very closed as you used a camera with full frame sensor.
Anurag Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Shutter is perhaps a stop or a half too slow
Ben Mullinax Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Great capture of a difficult subject. I love the panning action you used which conveys the speed of the leopard.
Dirk Wiese Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
I like the shutter speed idea on this leopard.The leopard nearly fades into the african bushveld.

Do you have more pictures from this action scene?
kml Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
The shutter speed creates a feeling of great speed even though he is only dragging the animal. It works well - I like the effect.
Pauline Jones Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
The legs are blurred but the face and body are not. This gives the picture great impact.
Owen Reid Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Absolutly amazing. It is a beautiful photo. I love photos of animals and art. Which I guess you cant do art here. To bad.
AJ Khan Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Nicely done.
Paul Indigo Says:
July 10th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Superb capture.
Photo Buffet Says:
July 11th, 2007 at 7:47 am
Few photos pull me into the action like this one. Great job!
Anurag Says:
July 11th, 2007 at 7:54 am
due to the very slow shutter, even the prey and the head of the leapord are blurred. If the shutter speed were a stop or half faster the motion blur would appear only in the legs and the background, The head and the baboon would would be sharper giving the image a greater impact.
Eli Shams Says:
July 11th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Great filling of movement.
Renee Says:
July 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Very amazing animal! Well done!