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Wilpattu leopard
Sub-adult male leopard, photographed last morning at Wilpattu National Park. We spent over an hour with this curious 3-4 year old young male with no other vehicles to disturb the sighting (unlike at Yala). All the other vehicles were doing the Panikka villa circuit in search of the famous young leopard there whereas we decided to go in the opposite direction, end result was this photograph (and more) while everyone else saw naught. We allowed him to get comfortable with us rather than invade his space and he allowed me probably the best leopard photo op I have had in the last 5 years. Uncropped image taken on a full frame DSLR (5D III +500mm F4 IS)
Wilpattu leopard
Sub-adult male leopard, photographed last morning at Wilpattu National Park. We spent over an hour with this curious 3-4 year old young male with no other vehicles to disturb the sighting (unlike at Yala). All the other vehicles were doing the Panikka villa circuit in search of the famous young leopard there whereas we decided to go in the opposite direction, end result was this photograph (and more) while everyone else saw naught. We allowed him to get comfortable with us rather than invade his space and he allowed me probably the best leopard photo op I have had in the last 5 years. Uncropped image taken on a full frame DSLR (5D III +500mm F4 IS)