Taronga Zoo lions and tigers

[steve_sydney]

Hey all, been ages since I've posted here. Here are a few of photos of lions and tigers I took at the zoo on the weekend.

Let me know what you think?

Steve

 

[ferny]

Wow! Love them all, but that first one. :thumbsup:

Guess that anti-lion-bite-spray works a treat. You look really close.

 

[skiboarder72]

wow brilliant, my zoo shots dont turn out half this good

 

[woodsac]

Very nice! Love the close-ups :thumbup:

 

[megapaws]

nice indeed - #1 :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[ClarkKent]

I wish mine from the zoo were that good. Great work!

 

[steve_sydney]

Cheers, we were lucky enough to have all the lions and tigers sit right up near the glass. It was a rainy overcast day too, so the lighting was nice and consistent.

 

[LaFoto]

The first lion pic is absolutely smashing. All that detail in the "eye lashes" and the "moustache" (I know they are not that but hairs to feel things with...) and the lioness's and lion's faces so neatly lined up... that was just a perfect situation, well spotted and even better photographed. Cool!

And the tiger looks like he's contemplating something... I would imagine "Calvin's" "Hobbes" (not ours here!) would lie like that as "The Yellow Danger" to jump at "Calvin" the moment he comes home from school and through the door .

To my eyes, this looks perfectly like "nature" ... artificial as the surroundings in a zoo might be. Since you haven't been here in ages, you may not know we have a new forum for "Landscape and Nature Photography", so you put it in "General"... I'll move this over to "Landscape and Nature" for you, ok?

 

[HoboSyke]

Hey great shots mate. its been nearly a year I think since Ive been to Taronga Zoo..
These are fantastic shots and you should be proud of them...

 

[LizM]

Very cool! LOVE the first shot!

 

[steve_sydney]

Thanks LaFoto, I wasn't sure if pictures of animals in captivity would be well accepted by the Landscape and Nature lovers.

 

[Chiller]

Great shots...That first one just rocks.!!!!!!!!!

 

[northman]

The first is my favorite too.

 

[duncanp]

nice series you have done well to get no flare or reflection off the glass, it looks almost as if you are sitting right next to them

 

[steve_sydney]

Cool, thanks again everyone. Here are a couple more from the shoot.

I would have loved to not have this one so tightly cropped to the bamboo thingy framing the tiger, but unfortunately the enclosure isn't that big at all.