


I leave these cameras on game paths for days or even weeks at a time in order to photograph elusive animals. “Each trap is made up of a Camtraptions motion sensor, which wirelessly triggers a high-quality DSLR or mirrorless camera and two or three flashes.

In an interview with Bored Panda, Burrard-Lucas explained that the images were captured at Laikipia Wilderness Camp in Kenya using Camtraptions camera traps. Yet in the photos, thanks to nighttime infrared imagery, we can see the rosette patterns in the leopard’s fur, which wouldn’t be visible to the bare eye. The opposite phenomenon is called albinism, which turns the animals absolutely white. He also added that the black color of the animal’s coat is caused by a gene mutation called melanism, which leads to over-production of the pigment. It’s a glorious event in the world of nature photography, because, according to Nick Pilfold, a global conservation scientist at the San Diego Zoo, the last time someone managed to take a photo of the melanistic leopard was back in 1909. In order to achieve this, he had to set up some camera traps and wait for the creature to come closer.
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In Kenya, in the county of Laikipia, on 11th of February, Will actually managed to take a series of photographs of the majestic melanistic leopard, roaming in the wild. Will Burrard-Lucas, a full-time wildlife photographer and the owner of Camtraptions Ltd, a photography gear company, has crossed paths with a cat so rare, that even the luckiest explorers have never encountered it. Superstitions teach us that there’s no good in a black cat crossing our path.

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