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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: national zoo
Date: Apr 11, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/600
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2007

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 Uncropped. He was extremely agitated - think the female is in heat - she is now kept in a separate pen. For some reason I was compelled to duotone this. Anyway, he was about 5 feet away, almost too close for the 100-400 which is why the nose is just out of focus...

This is the cheetah that had to be put down recently at the national zoo due to illness. I was lucky enough to get dozens of images of him.

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 05/15/2007 03:32:40 AM
Exquisite detail and the duotone serves to highlight his very, very intense gaze.
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 04/17/2007 01:56:06 PM
Stunning.
Especialy the choice to duotone, which is a rare one for a portrait of this kind i think.
I think the composition is slightly cramped, but the changes i'd suggest would be minor, just to take a few distractions out of the scene to try and simplify it a little.
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