Photo of the Day! Amur Leopard!

Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300VR, @ 270mm, ISO 800, f/6.0, 1/500 

Continuing with the big cats theme this week I have an Amur Leopard. This is obviously another captive animal since it is estimated that there are only 30-35 animals remaining in the wild. This leopard's natural habitat is forests of Korea, northern China and eastern Russia. You can check out ALTA, the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance to learn how to support this threatened species.

Out of the norm.. Photo of the Day! Tiger!

Nikon D90, Sigma 150-500 OS @ 500mm, ISO 800, f/6.3, 1/400 (captive)

This is a bit of a departure from most of our images we post on Natural Vision Photography. Derek and I specialize mostly in North American wildlife, but that doesn't mean our interest stops there. It's pretty much the pocket book that kept us detained. I would love to get to Africa or Asia to photograph big cats, and hopefully I will someday. Until then my intercontinental wildlife photography has been limited to the zoo. It's been quite a while since I photographed wildlife at a zoo, so this image is from a few years ago. Wild or captive, at the zoo or on location, this is still one of my favorite photos. I'll share some other of my favorites this week as well.