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Cheetah - up close & personal!!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:50 pm
by Bluebear
Had an amazing trip to Victoria Falls, Lesotho & South Africa recently - loads of photos naturally! Just about wore out my 5D (so much so it's now a second body to my new a700!) Got some good landscapes, but also some close up shots of cheetah - these were taken on foot about 4 metres from the animals! Thank goodness for image stabilisation!!

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I also have losts of elephant photos if anyone's interested!! :D

Re: Cheetah - up close & personal!!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:34 am
by David Kilpatrick
That's amazing. They almost look tame - they must be so used to humans they are not worried, and they must also be safe near humans. Rather changes the view that you need a 500mm lens and ISO 3200 to stand a chance of capturing real wildlife.

David

Re: Cheetah - up close & personal!!

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:42 pm
by Greg Beetham
Hmm..on foot, it's probably a good thing you don't look like a Thomson's gazelle :wink:
great shots btw...that would have been some experience.
Greg

Re: Cheetah - up close & personal!!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:29 pm
by Carlj
Love the yawning cub!