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Licking her nose to make it more sensitive to odors, young female Leopard (Panthera pardus) checks out her surroundings. There was a herd of impala nearby - along with several safari vehicles. She went underneath one of the vehicles, and used it as a blind as she stalked the impala. Almost silent and very low to the ground, this female leopard came within striking distance of the impala herd. Unfortunately, one of the "look-out" impala spotted her and sounded the alarm. The herd got away. Masai Mara, Kenya.
African leopard, Panthera pardus pardus.
Düsternbrook Safari Guest Farm Game Reserve, Windhoek, Namibia
This still remains as one of my favorite photos i took with my D700 since i got it, just love the combo of D700 plus the 80-200 2.8D.
A rare Persian Leopard is looking at the tourists at the top of its branch.
Nordens Ark, Bohuslän, Sweden
Nikon D610 + Tamron 70-200 f/2.8.
Edited with Lightroom 5.3.
Feeling very sorry for himself, this leopard was recovering from having had porcupine quills in his face after catching a porcupine the night before.
This Persian Leopard occupies an enclosure right next to the new Snow Leopard family.
This is also an absolutely beautiful cat - even with only one eye.
Just as with the snow leopards it was extremely difficult in capturing clean images.
Please don't look too closely at the pixels! The viewing conditions were extremely harsh - blinding sunshine, close-checked heavy cage wire, fierce back-lighting, heavy tree cover all made for incredibly difficult capture.
And I am very much still learning the appropriate settings on my new Olympus E520 DLSR.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria, Australia