It was already about 6.15pm, the sun had already set. We lost our hope for the day hunting to capture the wild Leopard, but our ranger looked at me and said “I think there is another place we could take a look”. We rushed off with our land rover as fast as we could and the moment we reached the drying pond from far the leopard was staring at us. We turn off our engine. He moved forward and closer to the pond slowly, taking a few steps to find the spot to lap the water. Wow! That was great, my heart was beating fast trying to get my hand stabilize with my lens, having low shutter speed with the dim light I have, take a deep breath and let go my shutter. That was a precious moment. The sky turned dark in just a few minutes and that was it to end our day. We went back to our base camp.

The next morning we went back to the same place where we saw the Leopard last night hoping to see him again but he wasn't there anymore. Due to dry season most of the pond are drying up, so we decided to look for other pond to try our luck and guess what, just as we arrived, we saw only the back of the Leopard walking into the forest. Leopard loves the morning and evening sun and most of the time they are hiding is the forest. So if you hope to see them... you now know what to do. Click here to view more