Introduction
This page gives you the technical details of how we took photos of a hunting cheetah trying to hunt a gazelle.. We used Canon professional cameras with professional lenses to get these shots. If you are contemplating a trip anywhere in the world where you want to get high quality photos its nice to get access to this type of equipment. Most people cannot rationalize spending $4500 for a camera and $5000 for a lens, so try to make friends with someone that is willing to share with you. Now all you have to worry about is lugging all this stuff around.
We have a page that gives you more information on our cameras and lenses.
An Unsuccessful Gazelle Hunt
Our day started uneventfully. We came across this cheetah in the early morning and just watched her for a while as she watched these Thomson gazelle (our guide said it was a female because it was solitary)
The gazelle looked in her direction but never seemed to notice her
When it got close she took off after it but the gazelle stayed a step ahead and got away
