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Akin, the male Amur Leopard at Marwell Wildlife
Panthera pardus orientalis
Shutter Speed: 1/125Sec.
Aperture Value: F4.0
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L USM
Focal Length: 200.0 mm
V1M very kindly organised for me to go to the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent for a Photographers on Safari day. This meant access inside the normal outer barriers that visitors are normally restricted behind, and enabled me to get right up against the inner enclosure, with camera lens as close as could be to the main enclosure. As well as our photographic instructor - John Wright - on hand to advise on technique, we also one of the cats' keepers, Becky, to tempt the animals out of hiding and into more photogenic positions with some tasty bits of meat.
As some of you will know I am a bit of a fan of animals and big cats in particular so I was rather in my element! Not only did I get some rather lovely photos of some gorgeous animals, but just being at such close quarters with them for the whole day was wonderful in itself.
Khavan is one of two critically endangered amur leopards at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts.
Persian Leopard - Leopardo da Pérsia (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
This is a rare and endangered Persian Leopard. This is the largest subspecies of Leopard and can grow up to 82 cm of height
Leopard Cub grooming itself. In this photo he had just fed off an a female Impala corpse. Cats clean themselves to rid the scent of food from their coat - As to not become food themselves.
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Photo of a Leopard taken while on a day out the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Nr Doncaster
Taken using a Nikon D7100 and Sigma 120.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 lens
Amoerpanter of Amoerluipaard (Panthera pardus orientalis of Panthera pardus amurensis)
Blijdorp, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
This is actually a photo I took back in 2011 in Kruger National Park in South Africa. We had a good 20 minutes with two young leopards. I just reprocessed this photo in LR to do it better justice than my older version.