Leopard Cub

Image taken in the Sabi Sands south Africa in September 2014.
The male leopard in known as PAP for short or as Princess Alice Pans. He gets his name from the pan where Princess Alice used to hunt on what is know known as Mala Mala.

I was not able to establish if PAP is related to Tjololo, who was one of the most famous leopards of the Mala Mala region and as I understand it, the first leopard to appear on the cover of National Geographic.

Notice the 2 flies on the tip of the Right ear.

Great photo, the light is just right to give it "the look".

Leopards are my sort of cat, there is just something about them that makes them special (for me)

Well done, thanks for sharing.

Great Image

Beautiful image!Beautiful animal ! Well done.

Gbgb wrote in post #17526829
Great photo, the light is just right to give it "the look".

Leopards are my sort of cat, there is just something about them that makes them special (for me)

Well done, thanks for sharing.

^ ... agree. They are such powerful animals.
Love the pair of flies on the right ear!!!!

Thanks guys, much appreciated, and the leopard is by far my favorite critter

Beautiful. Love the lighting!

Thanks Cerett

That is one clever cat though, you see the dung in front of him just about between his paws, it is fresh buffalo dung and he put upwind of some Impala so it really looked like he lay down behind the dung to mask his scent, which seemed to have worked, The Impala relaxed after awhile, though in the end he was not successful in his hunt.

great shot the lighting is amazing!! I have yet to capture that elusive leopard!!!

Awesome shot! Thanks for sharing

Wow! Amazing shot! The light is absolutely beautiful!

Thank you all

Beautiful shot, lovely brooding look.

Great lighting!