Out of the Night
On a night drive in Zambia, our guide shined a spotlight into the surrounding bush to find some of the more elusive night animals. The guides could tell what the animal was by the "eyeshine" alone, the unique reflective pattern from the eyes of each species. The eyeshine in this case told him it was a leopard, and so we stopped the vehicle and watched as this beautiful cat emerged from the darkness on the hunt, walked near us and then continued on his way. Animal sightings can be unpredictable, and this was to be our only leopard sightng of the trip.
Taken at 240mm, ISO 6400 and 1/15 sec in very dim light.
Out of the Night
On a night drive in Zambia, our guide shined a spotlight into the surrounding bush to find some of the more elusive night animals. The guides could tell what the animal was by the "eyeshine" alone, the unique reflective pattern from the eyes of each species. The eyeshine in this case told him it was a leopard, and so we stopped the vehicle and watched as this beautiful cat emerged from the darkness on the hunt, walked near us and then continued on his way. Animal sightings can be unpredictable, and this was to be our only leopard sightng of the trip.
Taken at 240mm, ISO 6400 and 1/15 sec in very dim light.