This is a jaguar swimming across a river in the Pantanal region of Brazil. My photo tour group and I were in two boats, and this cat swam directly toward us and then veered off to go around us. I used a 500mm lens which meant the focus kept changing every millisecond as the subject-to-camera distance got smaller and smaller. Fortunately, the AI servo on my Canon 1Dx Mark II was able to hold focus. I wasn't sure the focus mechanism would work as well as it did. Today, with the new Canon R5, I'd have full confidence the camera would lock onto one of the eyes and hold focus on it throughout the jaguar's movement toward the boat. Note the diffused lighting. That's why I lead tours to the Pantanal in early November -- to avoid the harsh, midday sun of clear blue skies during summer. My settings were 1/1600, f/8, and 1250 ISO.
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