Leopard 010 - The real deal - time for a full leopard!
Shooting up towards the sky can create exposure problems, so I spot-metered off the leopard’s body and added some fill-in flash for this shot to make sure the leopard was not underexposed/silhouetted. As a result the sky is blown (the highlights are burned out) but I can photograph a sky anytime, a leopard much more rarely! A leopard is usually very hard to see up in a tree from a distance, but the tail can give it away, even when resting. Most branches grow upwards and outwards, but the leopard frequently dangles its tail in a “J” shape so looking for this shape of “branch” helps find the owner!

Leopard 010 - The real deal - time for a full leopard!
Shooting up towards the sky can create exposure problems, so I spot-metered off the leopard’s body and added some fill-in flash for this shot to make sure the leopard was not underexposed/silhouetted. As a result the sky is blown (the highlights are burned out) but I can photograph a sky anytime, a leopard much more rarely! A leopard is usually very hard to see up in a tree from a distance, but the tail can give it away, even when resting. Most branches grow upwards and outwards, but the leopard frequently dangles its tail in a “J” shape so looking for this shape of “branch” helps find the owner!
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