Glaring Leopard

 
Glaring Leopard (Copyright (cc) 2009 B Kahuna)

YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka -- A Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) glares disapprovingly at cameras as it walks past a jeep full of photographers.

Captured on August 29^th 2009 with a Canon EOS 30D (EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III and Kenko 2X Teleplus Pro 300 teleconverter) on aperture priority (f/4.0) and ISO 800, manually focused.

Post-processed to fine-tune color and saturation. 

The Leopard's Whiskers

 
The Leopard's Whiskers (Copyright (cc) 2008 B Kahuna)

YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka -- A Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) stalks an unseen prey while flaunting its whiskers.

Captured on 23^rd August 2008 using a Canon EOS 30D (EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III and Kenko 2X Teleplus Pro 300 teleconverter) on aperture priority (f/5.6) and ISO 1600. The lens was zoomed at 250mm giving an effective focal length of 500mm. This would be equivalent to 800mm in a 35mm camera due to the 1.6X field of view crop on the 30D.

Post-processed to fine-tune color and saturation. 

The Stalk

The Stalker (Copyright (cc) D Teddy 2008)

YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka -- A Leopard stalking its prey while we observed quietly in the background.

Captured on 23^rd August 2008 using a Canon EOS 400D (EF-S 55-250mm 1:4-5.6 III) on aperture priority (f/5.6) and ISO 400. The focal length was set to 250mm and the colour was achieved by setting the Picture Style to Sepia. 

Scarface

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scarface (Copyright (cc) 2007 B Kahuna)

YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka -- Kahuna has resurfaced after a self-imposed sabbatical from the Circus. This time in the Yala, with evidence of large felines of the Panthera pardus kotiya species (Sri Lankan Leopard). The individual seen above has been named Scarface due to injuries visible over its left eye.

The Ex-Dictator and other clowns present during this expedition may also blog further evidence if they ever figure out how to do so.

Captured this morning under very wet conditions using a Canon EOS 30D (EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III) in sports mode. The automatic white balance was quite bogus and all images are adjusted for color and saturation in Picasa.