back at the Kansas City Zoo
trying to photograph their rare Amur Leopard,
Panthera pardus orientalis, this one is a really rare female purebred which has already been proven as a " producer"
it is estimated less than 30 of this subspecies of Leopard are left alive in the wild and the other problem is that most of the ones in captivity through out the world are no longer -
purebred
http://lairweb.org.nz/tiger/leopard.html
I have only observed it in the rear of the enclosure and today, it started to walk rapidly back and forth. It never looks 100 % toward the front of the enclosure and I have to photograph it through the wire into the shade.
hand held, natural light
Focal Length 450.0mm (35mm equivalent: 675mm)
Exposure Time 1/8s (0.125)
Aperture F/5.6
ISO Equivalent 200
K 3 + 150 - 450 mm zoom
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a couple of brothers ( cheetahs ) rough housing
hand held, natural light photographed through window of the enclosure
Last edited by aslyfox; 10-11-2017 at 05:05 PM.