Photographer Tracks Down Ultra-Rare Black Panther in Africa
A photographer spent two days in search of the ultra-rare African black panther; a big cat that was not seen for 100 years not so long ago.
Photographer Waits Nine Hours to Capture ‘Thrilling’ Black Leopard Photo
Anurag Gawande waited nine hours in the jungle until late evening to capture a rare black leopard.
The Black Leopard: One Man’s Quest to Capture the Ultimate Wildlife Photo
Behind every once-in-a-lifetime photograph is a story. Sometimes these are stories of luck—of being in the right place, at the right time, with the right lens attached to your camera—but more often than not triumph is preceded by years of trial and error. An outlandish "bucket shot" achieved by the sheer force of the photographer’s will and persistence. The Black Leopard by wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas falls into the second category.
Photographer Captures the Ultra-Rare Black Panther Under the Stars
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has released a set of photos showing an ultra-rare wild black panther under the starry night sky. The photos took him a whopping 6 months to successfully capture.
This Photographer Waited 6 Days for a Perfect Panther ‘Shadow’ Photo
Wildlife photography can often require a whole lot of patience and a whole lot of luck. But those two things just came together for photographer Mithun H, who captured this remarkable photo of a leopard and its black panther "shadow."
My Quest to Photograph the Most Elusive Cat in Africa
Since childhood, I have been fascinated by stories of black panthers. For me, no animal is shrouded in more mystery, no animal more elusive, and no animal more beautiful. For many years they remained the stuff of dreams and of far-fetched stories told around the campfire at night. Nobody I knew had ever seen one in the wild and I never thought that I would either. But that didn’t stop me dreaming…