Tiger Fight ::and others::

[habro]

Morning folks, thought I'd throw up some pics taken at Perth Zoo last weekend, my first adventure with my new 70-200 /2.8. Enjoy, and C&C welcome!

 

[UUilliam]

I love how you made the tigers Soft, usually I dislike the softening like that but it really works for these, adds that Dreamy effect

 

[TriniPhototakeoutta]

Really nice. like the soft effect. colors are realy nice.

 

[leighthal]

Others can ooh and ahhhh over the tigers..... I'll ooohh and ahhhh over the hyena. Killer expression on him/her. Love it.

 

[habro]

Thanks all! Yeah I like the soft effect on the tigers too, though I tend to sometimes overdo it!

Leighthal, a lot of others feel the same way too! I love tigers the most but the hyena was really intense

 

[Rere]

These are fantastic! What kind of camera, lens, settings?

 

[manaheim]

The expression on the hyena is slick. I keep wanting to crop it, but I don't see how you could.

The expression on the face of the tiger just before him looks almost pitiful, which is really also very slick.

Nicely done overall. Nice colors.

 

[habro]

These are fantastic! What kind of camera, lens, settings?

Hmm I do need to put my gear in my signature. K20D w/ Sigma 70-200mm /2.8

As for settings, the tigers I know were shot wide open at 1600 ISO [the pics are surprisingly very sharp, only the PP makes it soft] and the others would have been around f/3.5 @ 800 ISO [I know, very high ISO but I'm still getting used to the extra speed of the 2.8 & give me speed over noise any day at the zoo!]

& thanks manaheim, I took about 20 or so shots of each and those two frames in particular caught my eye

 

[scubabear6]

I've gotta agree the tigers are cool but I just love the look on the hyena.

 

[musicaleCA]

These photos are shiny. Nice contrast, colour. Mmmm.

Fr the hyena, what about a square crop? Drop that fluff on the left and right and get in close to the face?

 

[Dylan-Fishman]

Was the Hyena taken through glass or bars? You had to be pretty close even with the 200mm you got.

 

[habro]

For the hyena, what about a square crop?

Good thinking, I'll have to play around with that idea

Was the Hyena taken through glass or bars?

Neither, it's like a little lookout that's on eye level with them [with a small cliff-face inbetween], she came sprinting up to me from the back when I got there & just stared for ages

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Those are really nice photos.

The hyena's look is worth a million $ but my favorite is #2. I just feel like scratching this little purring cat's head

I get the impression that this must be a very nice zoo. Is it?

 

[habro]

I get the impression that this must be a very nice zoo. Is it?

It is quite nice & scenic. A lot of people come over from the Eastern States & say how great it is, but I'm so used to it now after 100+ visits that I'm really keen to see other zoos in Australia!

 

[lvcrtrs]

I like them all. Nice catch with number 1. For meat eaters 2 and 3 make them look really sweet. The hyena needs a caption