A few recent shots

robbins.photo · Sep 20, 2016

Puma staredown. Yes.. he won.

This is my brother - two of the most recent additions too the Henry Doorly Zoo, Amur Tiger Cubs

smoke665 · Sep 20, 2016

They're both excellent, but the cubs have cuteness oozing out all over!!!!!!!!!!1

robbins.photo · Sep 20, 2016

smoke665 said:
They're both excellent, but the cubs have cuteness oozing out all over!!!!!!!!!!1

Best part about the cubs.. even a bad shot of them is a good shot.. lol.

SquarePeg · Sep 20, 2016

Saw these on Flickr along with the others - really nice set. You got some great shots of these adorable cubs. I wish you had a bit more dof on these. What lens are you using? Flickr info looks off so couldn't tell.

robbins.photo · Sep 20, 2016

SquarePeg said:
Saw these on Flickr along with the others - really nice set. You got some great shots of these adorable cubs. I wish you had a bit more dof on these. What lens are you using? Flickr info looks off so couldn't tell.

A sigma 70-200mm F/2.8. This shot was taken with a 1.4x TC attached, so the EXIF info reads 98-280mm. I stopped down to 5.6 which is about as high as I dare go in that lighting without some form of image stabilization which the lens doesn't have.

But nothing that can't be solved by spending a boatload of money on new gear.. so... I decided to replace the very, very aged Sigma with a Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 VR II. Shopping around for one now, hopefully will have it on hand in a couple of weeks time.

ZombiesniperJr · Sep 20, 2016

Nice shots

zombiesniper · Sep 20, 2016

Excellent shots.

jcdeboever · Sep 20, 2016

Excellent.

SquarePeg · Sep 20, 2016

robbins.photo said:
But nothing that can't be solved by spending a boatload of money on new gear.. so... I decided to replace the very, very aged Sigma with a Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 VR II. Shopping around for one now, hopefully will have it on hand in a couple of weeks time.

Happy hunting. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with the new lens when you find it.

CherylL · Sep 20, 2016

Great shots! The cubs are just too adorable.

robbins.photo · Sep 21, 2016

ZombiesniperJr said:
Nice shots

zombiesniper said:
Excellent shots.

jcdeboever said:
Excellent.

Thanks folks

SquarePeg said:
Happy hunting. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with the new lens when you find it.

I have to admit I struggled with that one for a while, I've been saving up for a new lens and I do shoot the 70-200 2.8 about 80% of the time so upgrading it made the most sense. But man, justifying spending that much on a single lens wasn't easy.. lol. I think I've pretty much reached the upper limit of what I can do with the siggy though, and all in all I think it will be a good investment.

CherylL said:
Great shots! The cubs are just too adorable.

Only big problem is all the "awwwing" that goes on from the other spectators, it's a bit distracting.. lol

Rick50 · Sep 21, 2016

Just lovely!

robbins.photo · Sep 21, 2016

Rick50 said:
Just lovely!

Thanks Rick. I'm about to spend more money on a lens than I did on my first car. Still trying to wrap my head around that.. lol

baturn · Sep 21, 2016

Very much like the cougar - mostly because you just don't see that many photos of cougars/mountain lions /pumas.

FITBMX · Sep 21, 2016

robbins.photo said:
Rick50 said:

Just lovely!

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Thanks Rick. I'm about to spend more money on a lens than I did on my first car. Still trying to wrap my head around that.. lol