The Cats' Eyes

Peanuts · Sep 1, 2005

Went to the zoo again yesturday (I do believe it is becoming my new home.. scary), and came hoem witha few keepers. I used Raymond J Barlow's method and manual focused

confused: Ahh the horrors), but it worked (5% of the time). But they, 1 in 20 never hurt anyone with digital. Unfortunately, it was quite late so all the pictures are quite 'noisey' but I tried to revive them as much as possible.

More can be viewed at www.flickr.com/photos/britstaddon as it is finally organized.

Enjoy!

*Darn Bars*

Blurry, but I still like it.

And a Hawk

Peanuts · Sep 2, 2005

Just a friendly *bump*

LaFoto · Sep 2, 2005

That tiger close-up ... looks sooo dear, you just want to pet his nose... ouch! Not wise, I fear, if you want to continue posting comments to photos on TPF (or take the odd one yourself ... I would need my right hand for that!!!

)

Do go to the zoo even MORE often, will you! I like the results you come up with from there!!!

mentos_007 · Sep 2, 2005

the first one is sooooooo cute! little kitty

Pammi · Sep 2, 2005

Peanuts said:
Just a friendly *bump*

Whats a bump between friends
great photos
Pam

Raymond J Barlow · Sep 2, 2005

nice shots here Peanuts! love the paws! i am sure your manual focus method was fine, but dim lighting and a hand held tele lens make for difficult photography. Do you use any software to edit your pictures??

btw, I love the tiger portrait.. awesome!

Unimaxium · Sep 2, 2005

I love that first one!

g0lfi · Sep 2, 2005

i cant stop looking at the first one, I LOVE IT... and looks like he posed for the picture, how did u get him to do that?

sfaribault · Sep 2, 2005

Darn bars is right... Great shots.. The paws shot is different.

Steve :thumbup:

Peanuts · Sep 2, 2005

Thanks for your replies everyone.

I am quite fond of the first tiger picture, even though I was lucky to have taken these in RAW or else I would have come out with this as the original.

(Though his orange colouration is better, had to give that one up so you could at least see his eye) I used Photoshop CS2 for this. (Still haven't made a dent in the user's guide)

I was quite lucky to get this shot as he was pacing quite a bit and when he settled down on a suspended 'bed', he closed his eyes, so I shot a few and started to leave. Luckily, I looked back around and his eyes were open so I got a few more and wa-la! One or two show up.

Once again. Thanks