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Jaguar swimming

Jul 26 2026 | By: Jim Zuckerman Photography

This is one of my favorite pictures from the Pantanal in Brazil. Jaguars are powerful swimmers, and when this one entered the river headed right for the boat I was in, I grabbed the shot with a Canon 500mm f/4 telephoto. However, as the cat got closer, I had to quickly switch to a 70-200mm. It was this picture and this situation that convinced me to trade the f/4 fixed focal length telephoto for a 100-500mm zoom. It’s so much more flexible, and even though light is lost with the zoom, I believe this was the right decision. The camera settings for this shot were 1/1600, f/8, and 1250 ISO.

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