North Chinese leopard : Howletts : 14 Oct 2014

Panthera pardus japonensis.

Much better than the average ZooChat leopard photo!

Very nice serie of this rare subspecies, well done ro6ca66 !

I love this picture. I once viewed this subspecies at (the now defunct) Benson's Wild Animal Park in Hudson, New Hampshire. This is a beautiful shot. How close is this subspecies to the Amur Leopard?

The two subspecies are pretty similar in appearance; the Amur is perhaps a little larger and shaggier.

That is one amazing picture Just Beautiful

As soon as I saw the image I thought ro6ca66. Beautiful.

Thank you all for the very kind comments, which are much appreciated!

Lovely shot, which lenses do you use?

zootiger said:

Lovely shot, which lenses do you use?

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Thanks zootiger!

95% of my zoo shots (including this one) are taken using a 70-200 zoom - specifically a Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM. The remainder are probably split 50/50 between a 17-40mm zoom (mainly for enclosure shots, or occasions when I'm really close to something big) and a 100mm macro (when I'm really close to something small!). I've also hired a 100-400 zoom on a couple of occasions - which was nice for the occasional long shot, but was not something which I enjoyed carrying around all day.