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Nice catch.
Good one, Jim. It's very rare for someone to be able to photograph a fresh kill like this.
Yezdi
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Wow....superb capture Jim...
Tadzio
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Excellent capture
FB101
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Those are truly special moments to witness and capture. I was lucky enough to see those 3 brothers hunt in Tanzania over 18 years ago. Of course it was in the olden "film days" and my Eos1v with 500mm f:4.5 loaded with Provia 100F did not capture a single useable picture of the action packed hunt (notice I blame it on the gear, not my gross incompetence 
) but I was able to catch a few good shots of the meal afterwards. It was end morning so the light was certainly not as lovely as the OP's shot.
) but I was able to catch a few good shots of the meal afterwards. It was end morning so the light was certainly not as lovely as the OP's shot.
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Jim G
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Very nice FB101. These are special moments. Sorry to hear you couldn't grab any of the hunt.Those are truly special moments to witness and capture. I was lucky enough to see those 3 brothers hunt in Tanzania over 18 years ago. Of course it was in the olden "film days" and my Eos1v with 500mm f:4.5 loaded with Provia 100F did not capture a single useable picture of the action packed hunt (notice I blame it on the gear, not my gross incompetence
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Great series of Cheetah shots Jim, I've been lucky enough to see most of the big cats in 3 continents, but only witnessed one hunt and kill --- that was in South Luangwa with a pride of 6 lionesses and an adult hippo --- it was both gruesome and mesmerising as they couldn't suffocate it with a throat grip (neck and throat too large ) so 2 cats held the head down while the other 4 ate it alive from the back end foward. We had to leave after 3/4 hour to get back to camp and the poor hippo was still alive then -- you could hear the cats tearing out the innards quite clearly and several of the ladies in our group were very unhappy ! The guides emphasized how rare it was to see this sort of kill taking place --too dark to get much in the way of photos though.
Jim G
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Hi David
Here is a bull being eaten alive by three lionesses. I watched for 20 minutes or so and he was bellowing the whole time. I think they were staying away from his horns.
D300 w/Sigma 50-500 f/4.5-6.3 @500mm
f/6.3, 1/160 sec, iso 200
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