Leopard in a Tree -night shot

[michali]

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Female Leopard @ Ngala Game Reserve, South Africa. We found her late at night with an antelope which she had killed & taken up a tree so that Hyenas & Lions couldn't steal it. 

SL2-S & VE Leica 90-280mm L @ 144mm f3.2  ISO12, 500  1/160s.   12,500 is high ISO territory that I've never ventured into before. 

Image #1: Unprocessed SL2-S DNG file converted to Jpeg  -we use spotlights with a red filter when viewing animals at night, as it doesn't blind them or affect their night vision.

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Image #2: Converted to B&W & processed with Topaz DeNoise AI to remove some noise (please click image for better res.)

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[allamande]

Somehow, your unprocessed version has massive emotional load (I guess, red is doing its thing).

Ece

[stuny]

Excellent!  On Stewart Island, NZ, we went out one night looking for kiwi on the airstrip grounds, using just hand held red torches.  it worked, I got my shots (red and converted to B&W), but nowhere as good as you photos.

[michali]

Thanks Ece & Stuart for your comments & everyone for your likes.