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    Edit Photo Details Leopard in repose, Namibia.   #leopard #leopard_africa
    This was taken in fading light in the late afternoon in the 20,000 hectare Okonjima Nature Reserve in Namibia. This image was a combination of happenstance, accident and pure luck. The leopard was resting in waist-high grass, and surprisingly easy to spot and approachable in a vehicle. It yawned, and thanks to a combination of fading light, trebly hands (I had to shoot fast, and handheld) I managed to both capture its sense of wildness and a sense of motion and coil, even though it was at rest.
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    Date Taken: Dec 22, 2014
    Date Uploaded: May 4, 2016
    Location: Otjiwarongo, Omaheke, Namibia
    Camera: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D600
    Focal Length: 105 mm
    Shutter Speed: 1/40 sec
    Aperture: f/5.6
    ISO: 100
    Copyright: © Alex Strachan
    Categories: Nature
    Contests: 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year