Show us your Cheetah Pictures

[Tom Kellie]

~ @@pomkiwi

 

What a look!

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

Family Group

Photographed at 9:45 am on 3 May, 2015 in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, using an EOS 1D X camera and an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens.

ISO 1600, 1/1250 sec., f/10, 400mm focal length, handheld Manual exposure.

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The most unexpected sighting of the game drive was a mother cheetah and her two cubs. Anthony didn't recognize her. They were resting in a far corner of the reserve, apart from other cheetah sightings.

The cubs were well-trained, remaining alert, looking around, never straying too far from their mother. We remained with them for over half an hour, enjoying watching their family dynamics.

[Alex The Lion]

Fond memories with Alwyn Myburgh @ Kwando Kwara

 

@@Game Warden not sure why, but big colour shift when I upload this into the ST gallery - all set to srgb etc.

 

Edited March 18, 2016 by russell

[offshorebirder]

Male Cheetah, Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya. January 13, 2016.

 

A very pregnant Amani the Cheetah, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. January 23, 2016.

Amani scanning for prey in the rain, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. January 20, 2016.

 

[IamFisheye]

A few from last month's Kenya trip

 

Nikon D7100, 300mm F4 PF, TC-14 iii

 

1st 3 from the Masai Mara

 

 

 

 

Male at Naboisho

 

[Rockmann]

Serengeti in November 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Game Warden]

@@Rockmann I've edited your post to remove your business link: please keep promotion of your company in the Operators Forum and tell us about the company by introducing yourself here.

 

Matt

[Rockmann]

Thanks Matt... sorry for the faux pas

[PHALANX]

Not quite a Cheetah yet, but one day.............

[PHALANX]

I don't want to hog the subject, but here are a few more of my Cheetah pictures.

[Tom Kellie]

All-out Exertion

Cheetah in Pursuit

Photographed on 4 October, 2015 at 6:40 pm in Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa with an EOS 1D X camera and an EF 200mm f/2.8L II telephoto lens.

ISO 125, 1/80 sec., f/2.8, 200mm focal length, handheld Manual exposure.

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~ This pair of images is taken from my Leopard Hills trip report. They're posted here in order to share them with those who might be interested.

The brief, wholly unexpected sight of a cheetah in full pursuit of an impala determined to save its life was one of the most exhilarating sights on any game drive.

[Tom Kellie]

Post-Hunt Cheetah

Photographed on 4 October, 2015 at 6:44 pm in Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa with an EOS 1D X camera and an EF 200mm f/2.8L II telephoto lens.

ISO 320, 1/250 sec., f/2.8, 200mm focal length, handheld Manual exposure.

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~ After the cheetah finished the chase with the impala running off to join a small herd, the cheetah sat down to reconnoiter the territory, scanning the area for both opportunities and potential threats.

As ever the intensely warm chestnut hue of cheetah eyes impressed me. To sit relatively near such a magnificent animal in the wild is one of the greatest joys of being out on a safari game drive.

[wilddog]

@@PHALANX love that one in post 350 with the rainbow.

[Game Warden]

@@Tom Kellie Love the way you have caught the sense of movement.

[PHALANX]

Just a few more, and that's it.

[Game Warden]

More I say. MORE!

[marg]

okay! Mother and daughter in the Malilangwe Reserve September 2015

[amybatt]

Maasai Mara Reserve -- Feb 2014

Lone male, early morning

 

[amybatt]

Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya -- Feb 2014

With the cats, I love to do face-shots mainly because I can see a lot of personality in them, being a crazy cat lady and all. This one looks so stoic to me. The closed mouth and calmness about her make me feel like she's unstressed and not pre- or post-hunt.

 

[Bush dog]

Picture taken in Hwange last month.

 

The sharp dewclaw they used to trip their prey during the chase.

[Lois Hild Photography]

Male cheetah, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Masai Mara

D4, 600mm, f/5.6 1/800 ISO 800

[IamFisheye]

A few more from the Mara this year

 

Not Camera Shy

Possibly Africa's most photographed Cheetah (Malika)

 

Nikon D7100, 300mm F4 PF, TC 1.4iii

F5.6, 1/1600, ISO 400

 

Cat in a Tree

I think this cub's mum was Nora

Nikon D7100, 300mm F4 PF

F8, 1/2500, ISO 800

 

Fun and Games

Malika and her two remaining cubs

Nikon D7100, 300mm F4 PF, TC1.4iii

F8, 1/1250, ISO 400

 

Play Fight

Malika's cubs again (taken four days after the one above)

Olympus EM-1, 50-200mm F2.8-3.5mm

@137mm, F5.6, 1/100, ISO 400

 

[Peter Connan]

The climbing cub is magnificent!

[Bush dog]

Masai Mara, May 2012

 

Malaika

[Lois Hild Photography]

Amani's cubs in Mara North Consevancy Early July 2016