Imagine spending a single night in the bush knowing this guy is around. Now imagine you are an impala and have to do it night after night after night. It is enough to give you goosebumps.
Eric
That's a very powerful image, Eric! The darkness in the frame is haunting and invokes the emotion of fear, while the spotlit Jag lets the viewer's imagination grab a hold of that fear and run with it!
Fred Amico wrote:
I wouldn't want to be in a ground level tent with him around! Even now he's giving me the evil eye.
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morris wrote:
The gaze is incredible Eric. wonderful image. I'll skip being an impala
Morris
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Warkari wrote:
Mesmerizing gaze, very spooky! Love it
Amit
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kdacharya wrote:
lovely and stark, just the way nature intended.
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canon.eos30d wrote:
Dangerous... beautiful, Eric
-Tam
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mitesh wrote:
That's a very powerful image, Eric! The darkness in the frame is haunting and invokes the emotion of fear, while the spotlit Jag lets the viewer's imagination grab a hold of that fear and run with it!
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birdied wrote:
Powerful image Eric !
Birdie
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louie champan wrote:
Very intense image, well done Eric.
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DonGut wrote:
The stuff of nightmares, except one day/night it will happen for real.
Your previous post far "outshines" this one; like night and "NIGHT".
Don
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surfnron wrote:
Being an Impala wouldn't be so bad as long as I had 8 cylinders instead of a heart. Another chilling photo Eric ~ Ron
So glad you all liked this image....night time photography in general is unproductive but this year it was what made the trip...luckily the guides used white light as in the recent past a red filter was employed and rendered night photography impossible.
Eric
unike wrote:
To me he looks more frightened than frightening . Nice image.
A dominant male leopard has very few things to be afraid of....lions for one, maybe another male who would be threatening to its territory and that's about it. And because all these cats have grown up around vehicles and people they are certainly not afraid of us as long as we are within the vehicle.
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YneGrwr wrote:
Awesome capture. The eye contact and lighting is wonderful!
Thanks so much...all the lighting is from a spot light held by the guide and he did a great job with it.
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JSW3 wrote:
Another wonderful image. Are you in a truck? Do the guides lure him in with bait?
Thanks so much. We are in an open Land Rover. The animals are never baited. They are tracked and found and in this case it was with a warthog that it had killed sometime within the past 24 hours.
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Kevin T wrote:
Did the shutter click put you on the radar?
I have taken thousands of leopard images and have never had a cat respond at all to the shutter clicking. They have been around vehicles and photographers for many years and as such we are pretty much ignored. The eye contact happens and I'd like to say it's because I'm very intriguing but of course that isn't the case.
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IndyFab wrote:
That's a serious capture, well done... As mitesh said, "Powerful"
Thanks so much...it was a blast to see in person.
. Nice image.
