If you read about photography you will occasionally come across the notion that a photograph should tell a story. Sometimes it does …
But sometimes it’s just a pretty picture …
We were very fortunate to spend a lot of time with Leopards, not the first time I’ve seen them or photographed them but on this visit we had stunning views. I took many photographs and you will see some soon. This trio are not among the best. The first one makes the cut only because it does indeed tell a story. The others only make the cut because of the story attached.
The Leopard was initially lying on a low branch, a very flat cat. And that’s the way it stayed for ages. Really flat. There were two vehicles in attendance and for us to get a decent view took a bit of manoeuvring. When it was time to go it became apparent that we were stuck, a wheel had come to rest between two sizable fallen branches and it simply wouldn’t climb out. It was decided that the other vehicle would tow us to safety which meant that someone had to dismount and attach a rope to the back of our vehicle and the front of the other, under the sleepy gaze of a Leopard poised to pounce just a few meters away and above us. The moment our driver did so the flat cat quickly woke up.
Fortunately it didn’t feel the need to leap onto the driver and we were very quickly on our way.
bobmcgee 