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Brotherly Love

On a windy evening just before sundown at the Phinda Private Game Reserve, I noticed two cheetahs huddled next to each other. As they were looking around, I happened to catch them gazing directly at each other. They looked like they were trying to figure out where to set up shop for the night. The cheetahs, which I later learned were brothers, looked identical. It looks like I took one of the cheetahs and mirrored it in Photoshop, but they were really just looking at each other. Using my Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and a 300-millimeter lens, I was able to shoot the cats without startling them. The negative space between them kind of resembles a heart shape that symbolizes their brotherly love.

 

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Uploaded on August 24, 2021
Taken on July 2, 2018