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.
Leopard Kill by SBL was photo of the day on Tuesday, 10th July 2007. It is tagged Leopards, Motion. You can leave a comment below.
19 Comments
robert matycz
super foto,good foto.good luck.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
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
Shutter is perhaps a stop or a half too slow
Ben Mullinax
Great capture of a difficult subject. I love the panning action you used which conveys the speed of the leopard.
Dirk Wiese
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
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
The legs are blurred but the face and body are not. This gives the picture great impact.
Owen Reid
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
Nicely done.
Paul Indigo
Superb capture.
Photo Buffet
Few photos pull me into the action like this one. Great job!
Anurag
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
Great filling of movement.
Renee
Very amazing animal! Well done!
su
I like this, you sense the speed and brutality of this leopard. Great capture.
mike
He’s got something there!
Rajib Singha
Nice action shot! I like the slow shutter speed. It adds to the dynamics of the image.
renee
Wonderful shot
Su
Nature at its best and worst, dramatic image.