A Leopard on a morning stroll/Tadoba

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Our trip at Tadoba was almost coming to an end, we had sighted plenty of tigers and other animals however a leopard was surely missing. But not for long , as we were heading towards Jamun Zora referred to a small water hole where the Telia Tiger family had moved and were feasting on the kill. From a distance we spotted this leopard sniffing and he fearlessly walked on the main road, a gypsy and 2 villagers on a bike as seen were following. The leopard was almost 500 mts away from us, but we chose to wait and as expected he walked straight into us. Later I managed some real close shots, this guy seemed like a fighter as he had lots of scar on his face. More images and footage's that I filmed coming up shortly. Until then stay tuned!

Camera - Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon f4 500mm lens
EXIF - ISO 400 Av 4 Tv 1/1000 sec EC -0.3, Almost full frame
Photographed - January 2013 at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.

[Balaji Loganathan]

Wonderful shot Sir!!

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

A very unnatural behaviour of leopard aptly captured.The behaviour of a tiger in a well protected Tiger Reserve. May be gifted with 'Challenger' character, may be winner of many battles. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see a leopard walking openly on the road, quite unlike its behavior. Look forward to more. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

It is always nice to sight a leopard. The pitch roads are not good for the predators.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Great sighting, very uncommon to see a leopard fearlessly walking in the open when there's such a lot of activity around...awesome early morning feel too...this leopard apparently lives in the vicinity...a jeep sighted it crossing the road leisurely on 16th Feb evening safari