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We watched this Leopard for over 30 minutes, hoping she'd move to enable a clearer shot. This was my best image of her but what a magical moment in South Africa
The Leopard epitomized the qualities that make cats the perfect hunting machine. The speed of their reflexes are way superior to that of most animals. Their strength is legendary, their agility is almost equal to that of the monkeys some of them hunt and the sharpness of their senses allowed them to know exactly what's going around them. No wonder cats are admired everywhere by people. They bring emotions in us that very few other animals do.
Snow leopard species are endangered species .. The snow leopard rarely meets humans, lives in the caves of the mountains and can kill a prey three times its size .. There are between 600 and 700 in zoos
I had made a terrible mistake of not securing my camera and the car hit a "pot hole" that I didn't see coming. Unfortunately the driver didn't see it either! My Camera went flying and my zoom lens broke in two. Luckily the camera survived and I had a "general" 18-200 lens on hand, so we kept going and we came across this cat, and I had to make do.
Another shot from our encounter with a couple of tree dwelling leopards. To say we were all blown away when we came across these magnificent creatures was an understatement. Leopards are extremely difficult to trace and locate in the wild so I'm told. To find two of them finishing off their impala kill in the early morning sun having dragged the carcass into a large tree was a rarity. This was a big draw and pulled in safari vehicles from far and wide. By the time we left the spot there must have been 8-10 vehicles surrounding the tree.
Leopards are astoundingly strong and are renowned for their agility. They are pound for pound the strongest of the big cats. They are able to climb trees, even when carrying heavy prey, and often choose to rest on tree branches during the day. One reason why leopards sometimes take their prey up in the trees is to ensure lions or hyenas can’t steal them. The leopard is the most elusive and secretive of the large cats.
Original jpeg straight from the camera with amajor crop and a few tweaks in acr and photoshop. Fuji X-E2 with 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 (effective focal length 502mm @ 35mm), aperture f7.1, exposure 1/350 sec, ISO 800 taken resting on the top of a safari vehicle.
We had been hoping to spot this female leopard for a few days. She had been seen recently at her regular Kopje haunt the day of our arrival moving her two new born cubs around. It took 3 days of regular visits to get a glimpse of her. On our final morning game drive we found her in a tree with a freshly killed wildebeest calf. We watched her for about 25 minutes moving the carcass further and further up into the tree.
Namiri Plains is located an hour and a half's drive due east from the game-rich core of the Serengeti – Seronera. The camp opened in July 2014 in an area that for more than 20 years had been closed to the public. Previously this region had exclusively been used for cheetah conservation and the number of big cats found here, especially lion prides and cheetahs, is astonishing.