Picture of the Month
This past November, I spent nine days in the triple-digit heat and humidity searching for wild jaguars in the narrow looping rivers of Brazil's Pantanal. It was the culmination of a life-long obsession with seeing, and photographing these rare predators in the wild. In twenty years in the tropical forest, I had only seen one - a brief glimpse on a foggy Amazonian riverbank. That time, I got no pictures.
On this expedition, to my amazement, we saw nine jaguars in as many days, but this doesn't mean the pictures came easily. The light was challenging, and the jaguars less than obliging. In the end, I got only a handful, including this shot of a female resting in the shade during the searing heat of the day. Relaxed but wary, her eyes bear the unmistakable look of a predator - direct, confident and unwavering.
Camera : Nikon D2X Digital, Natural Light
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