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We were so fortunate to get close-up shots of this female cheetah. We spotted her with a kill early one morning, but quite far across the Auob riverbed in the Kgalagadi. We left here alone and came back in the late afternoon and again spotted her - half asleep at exactly the same spot. We decided to drive around a bit looking for something else - against our better judgement. Having found nothing else, we returned to her again. She had moved all the way across the riverbed to where we had been waiting for her all along. We have probably missed out on scenic shots of her walking right across the riverbed. We got a few shots of her just before she crossed the road and disappeared over the dunes.
The look in their eyes..... Please, DO take the time to see it large. They deserve it for being so beautiful.
Cheetah mother looking for dinner for its cubs late evening Masai Mara.
This was my maiden trip to Mara with a Digital SLR.
This is the same cheetah family as in my previous upload. We came across them for a second time just after the mother had brought down a nyala. The three cubs were patiently waiting and waiting and waiting until their mother deemed it safe to eat. After half an hour she allowed the cubs to go over to the kill and try to feed. They couldn't seem to get a grip on it but were clearly learning valuable lessons in carcass management. Eventually mother took charge, but chose to drag it into a thicket before tearing it open and allowing them to feed while she stood guard. We observed everything except the actual kill.
One last look back. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) framed by dead trees takes one last look before jumping down off its log stand and disappearing in the Tarangire brush. Image taken in Tanzania.
Nikon D810
Nikon 28-300mm
The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal— as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph)
The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal— as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph)
الفهد يعتبر أسرع حيوان على وجه الأرض ،
تتراوح سرعة الفهد بين 112 و 120 كيلومترًا في الساعة وذلك في المسافات القصيرة حتى 460 مترًا
ولها القدرة على الوصول إلى سرعة 103 كيلومترات في الساعة انطلاقًا من الصفر خلال 3 ثوان فقط
General processing in LR6 then I further dodged about the iris of the eyes to emphasize their orange color and finally gave the image a slight vignette.
I was not entirely happy with my cheetah photographs (despite my last flickr post making it on to Explore) but thanks to accomplished local photographer, Simon Larson, this image of mine was made much more appealing by his professional post-processing.
Check out his own great photography on this website:-
A few more shots from this relatively unusual opportunity to follow a cheetah mother with her cubs in an open field like this.
Maasai Mara, Kenya.
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Two cheetahs at huging. I saw them at the beautiful Schönbrunner Zoo, www.zoovienna.at .
Maasai Mara, Kenya.
First it was "Wow, cheetah!", then it was "Look, she has a cub!", and then it was "Wow, there are two cubs!"
It was getting late in the afternoon and we had to leave, but knowing there was a cheetah with two cubs here, we knew we would be back here in the morning again.
This photo was taken right before the cheetah sprang into a nearby tree. No one can tell me if this animal didn't want out... he would get out. I never saw a cheetah go airborne before. Had to do some research on them to learn that yes.. they are accomplished tree climbers.
This is one the the cheetahs at Africat in Namibia. This cheetah is an enclosure as not suitable for release, due to past experiences in its life. However it does live in a beautiful natural large enclosure. We had just cut the grass in a small part of the enclosure, as the grass was very tall after an extremely rainy rainy season, and this one came over to inspect the work. Taken on my little old canon IXUS.