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Leopards are notorious for flopping themselves out over tree branches like furry sacks of flour, and sleeping for an eternity. Must be fun. I don't know. I've never tried it.
This is another one of Onyx. I've always wanted to build her a big log thing in her cage to give her that perfect perch to lay out on.
Onyx can be a big, bundle of fury, as she's a typical leopard and hates everyone besides her Chosen Ones. I'm definitely not in that category, but Onyx has gotten much more tolerant of me over the years, and lets me get some pretty good shots of her occasionally.
This is one of those Priceless Moments shots where Onyx is doing here best to do what leopards do best in trees, but improvising a little, laying on the edge of her platform. Well...at least she's able to get half her limbs into the proper position. :) So this in Onyx on her tree limb. Well, it /used/ to be a tree.
This pic's a little bit blury as it was dark and dreary out, so it's a very slow shutter with the aperture maxed.
This picture was taken 11-Apr-04. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/15 shutter, f/5.6. This image was cropped and shrunken down for space conservation.
Disclaimer: I hate to have to put this on here, but the pic is copyright me. Please do not distribute, copy, alter, etc, without my permission. Having said all that, feel free to download and use it for your own inspiration.
This is another one of Onyx. I've always wanted to build her a big log thing in her cage to give her that perfect perch to lay out on.
Onyx can be a big, bundle of fury, as she's a typical leopard and hates everyone besides her Chosen Ones. I'm definitely not in that category, but Onyx has gotten much more tolerant of me over the years, and lets me get some pretty good shots of her occasionally.
This is one of those Priceless Moments shots where Onyx is doing here best to do what leopards do best in trees, but improvising a little, laying on the edge of her platform. Well...at least she's able to get half her limbs into the proper position. :) So this in Onyx on her tree limb. Well, it /used/ to be a tree.
This pic's a little bit blury as it was dark and dreary out, so it's a very slow shutter with the aperture maxed.
This picture was taken 11-Apr-04. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/15 shutter, f/5.6. This image was cropped and shrunken down for space conservation.
Disclaimer: I hate to have to put this on here, but the pic is copyright me. Please do not distribute, copy, alter, etc, without my permission. Having said all that, feel free to download and use it for your own inspiration.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Leopard
Size 1024 x 957px
File Size 72 kB
Great shot! It's so nice of you to allow people to use it for 'inspiration'. Some of us aren't lucky enough to have live examples of these animals that we can study, and so have to reference photos, usually online. Yet so many artists have a cow when you 'steal' their pose for your pencil sketch! >_< They don't realize that you did work at it, too. Oh, well. That's why I include a credit link whenever I reference a photo. ^_~ As has been said before, great shot.
Glad you like the photos. I don't get upset unless someone takes my stuff and posts it as their own. Like any artist (dare I call myself that), I find it offensive. Unfortunately, it's happened often enough that I have gotten into the habit of just taking a conservative approach. I really don't like doing the "watermark" thing, but I can relate to why people do that. I can't blame them.
In any case, I look forward to seeing what you come up with in your own drawings. Enjoy!
In any case, I look forward to seeing what you come up with in your own drawings. Enjoy!
LOL, yeah. I can understand, too. I personally have witnessed many people stealing other's artwork, including once a well-known and very talented artist stealing from another, and even once my own. (Not here, haven't been here long enough, on deviantART) It just seems that, because of it, some artists go to the other extreme. It's nice to see someone who doesn't.
You probably won't be seeing much of this, as I don't do felines (yet). But thank you for the compliment!
You probably won't be seeing much of this, as I don't do felines (yet). But thank you for the compliment!
You have a masterful insight and clarity of vision, Lady Balaa. While they are indeed captive, the cages and domination of man will always and forever be limited to their bodies only.
As the cliche' says, we can take the animal out of the wild, but not the wild out of the animal. They will forever posses an indomitable spirit and a magnificence of presence that will never be contained or even blemished by mankind. It is, I think, the awesome majesty that they innately possess, captive or wild alike, that is what inspires me to the core of my very soul.
I will probably forever be left in such utter awe, whenever I gaze upon one of them. It was this way from the moment I first saw a cougar 25-years ago, and it’s still that way today, as it will probably be the day I pass from this life. Some things are just...timeless. Their majesty and magnificence, I think, are two of them.
As the cliche' says, we can take the animal out of the wild, but not the wild out of the animal. They will forever posses an indomitable spirit and a magnificence of presence that will never be contained or even blemished by mankind. It is, I think, the awesome majesty that they innately possess, captive or wild alike, that is what inspires me to the core of my very soul.
I will probably forever be left in such utter awe, whenever I gaze upon one of them. It was this way from the moment I first saw a cougar 25-years ago, and it’s still that way today, as it will probably be the day I pass from this life. Some things are just...timeless. Their majesty and magnificence, I think, are two of them.
Indeed (if i'm reading the comment right). The "black" animals aren't really entirely black. They still have spots, just like their non-melanistic kin. In literal terms, the only difference is that all the yellow fur is black; the spots (rosettes) are still the same for both leopards and jaguars. In fact, if you were to shave one of each, down to their semi-pink skin, they'd look the same. The spots are actually one the skin (just like the tiger's stripes are on the skin).
Please forgive my two-year+ absence. Life, for a while, has been a bit overwhelming and depressing, but I'm trying to recover and get back into things here (hopefully updating my page here eventually).
The melanistic cats always hold a strange and magical mystique. Oddly (or perhaps not) even the devout biologist in me who knows there's no difference is still just a bit more mesmerized by them then the "normal-furred" ones, I must admit. :)
The melanistic cats always hold a strange and magical mystique. Oddly (or perhaps not) even the devout biologist in me who knows there's no difference is still just a bit more mesmerized by them then the "normal-furred" ones, I must admit. :)
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