Continuing the story from my last post where a cheetah popped up from the long grass to observe wildebeest as they ran by. Having lost interest in the passing herd, this cat decided to use a nearby anthill as a vantage point. It is quite common behaviour for cheetahs, who have excellent eyesight, to use features such as anthills as vantage points to survey their surroundings.
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This image was captured with the Canon 5D and the 500mm F4.0 telephoto lens with 1.4x tele-extender, so total focal length 700mm.
**** Updated 18.11.16. I decided to go with a monochrome presentation using Silver Efex Pro to add a light sepia toning, this recent reworking of the image is a bit more subtle in its toning than my earlier processing. I guess this reflects my changing taste in processing. Also I now look at the image and wish I’d placed the cheetah further to the left of the frame to give the animal more room within the frame to “look into”. **** ~KD.