Jaguar river

Jaguars hunting caiman along the Cuiaba river in the dry season.

Wetland

Jaguars 01
Jaguars 02 Jaguar close · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000
Jaguars 03 Jaguar patterns · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/500 · ISO 2000
Jaguars 04 Jaguar open mouth · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1000 · ISO 5000
Jaguars 05 Jaguar prowling grass · 500mm · f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 1250
Jaguars 06 Jaguar resting foliage · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250 · ISO 3200
Jaguars 07 Black jaguar on rock · 600mm · f/4 · 1/320 · ISO 2500
Jaguars 08 Two jaguars · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1600 · ISO 6400
Jaguars 09 Jaguar sunlight · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/640 · ISO 1600

The Pantanal jaguars walk the riverbanks in the dry season and swim after caiman in full view of a boat, which is the only place on earth that happens. I anchor at first light and wait. When they come it is fast, and the frames are made at a thousandth or not at all.