Second Place - Matthew Greaney

Photograph: Defending Your Kill

Date taken: June 30, 2003
Location: Maisa Mara reserve, Kenya
Equipment used: Canon EOS Rebel, 300mm lens and Fuji 100 max film

Comments: My 1/2 hour wait near an Acacia tree along the Mara river in southwestern Kenya was rewarded when a Leapord descended from its perch in the Maisa Mara reserve.