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IanC_UK
09-09-2006, 16:16
Sorry more animals ! ;)

Visited Hamerton today with my brother, never been there before, its a little small but they have 3 cheetahs and a white tiger, plus a bengal tiger !

Heres a couple of pics :)

Cheetahs
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/cheetah.jpg

Baby Gibbon, shame about the background ! :(
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/gibbon.jpg

Bengal Tiger
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/tiger%7E0.jpg
Warspite
09-09-2006, 19:50
Very nice shot of the Cheetah - didnt realize there were any in captivity to be honest, and of course the customary Tiger pic ;)

:thumbs:
Hoodi
09-09-2006, 20:50
Cor, look at those cheetah's!
My name means "Cheetah" - so I've always rather liked them :D
The other two are lovely as well - but the first is the best for me :)
IanC_UK
09-09-2006, 23:05
thanks guys :)

There are quite a few cheetahs in the UK, Marwell has some too !
Matt Charlton
09-09-2006, 23:13
There were some cheetahs in captivity in a zoo in Tunisia when we went there - that was quite an interesting place, the big cats section was below big walkways that the general public walked along - impossible to get an eye level shot though :(
Matt Charlton
09-09-2006, 23:16
http://mattcharlton.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=4654

Thats one of them
Forbiddenbiker
10-09-2006, 13:04
Loverly shots Ian. That cheetahs giving it the right back at you look. :D
chewyuk
10-09-2006, 23:37
Love the cheetah shot too .. He's almost saying '...Enough allright, you're the third camera today...' or '...'hurry up, I can only hold my chin up like this for so long...' :) Eitehr way - I love them.
IanC_UK
11-09-2006, 09:48
thanks guys ! :) is the best enclosure i have seen for cheetahs, had long grass etc just like they would have in the wild ! made it easy to get resonable pics :)
Matt
11-09-2006, 20:10
Why have you not used your flash Ian?

It would help bring out the eyes in the subjects and give you a punchier (:boxer:) finish.
IanC_UK
11-09-2006, 22:14
Why have you not used your flash Ian?

It would help bring out the eyes in the subjects and give you a punchier (:boxer:) finish.

Because they were surrounded in shiney silver chicken wire type stuff and the flash would have just caused reflections off it mate !
Matt
12-09-2006, 06:52
Ahh, I knew there would be a reason. ;)


I thought it was taken through glass, you've done a good job disguising the wire. :thumbs:

If you have an off camera flash cord, you could hold the flash closer to the fencing.
This would help eliminate the camera picking light up from the wire.