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IanC_UK
21-08-2006, 22:19
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/tiger4.jpg

http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/tiger3.jpg

http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/tiger1.jpg

http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/leopard1.jpg

20D and 100-400L Handheld.
ppp
21-08-2006, 22:20
Fantastic, there ggggrrrrreeeeaaatttt!







**runs off to book safari park visit**
Hoodi
21-08-2006, 22:21
:eek:
Lovely, all of them. They all look relatively natural, which is ace!

The bokeh is 'orrible on them though :/
CT
21-08-2006, 22:30
The first one's lost a bit of contrast since you showed it me Ian. They're fantastic though mate.:clap:

The 100-400L can produce strange bokeh effects. If you look at the first one at the top left those oof highlights are tending towards donuts ala a mirror lens, but many none-mirror zoom and tele lenses can do that at certain distances/apertures.

I like to use the 100-400L wide open for the best oof backgrunds, but of course it depends how close the background is to the subject, and of course subject distance.
Hoodi
21-08-2006, 22:34
Hmmm. It's just that in #1 & #3 I'm finding it really distracting - which is never a good thing!
Torpedo
21-08-2006, 22:34
Very nice Iain.
Where were they taken?
IanC_UK
21-08-2006, 22:36
Very nice Iain.
Where were they taken?

Taken at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, is a private collection not open to the public.

Thanks for the comments ! :)
IanC_UK
21-08-2006, 22:37
Hmmm. It's just that in #1 & #3 I'm finding it really distracting - which is never a good thing!

Hmmm never had the bokeh on the 100-400 called distracting before !
daveyuk
22-08-2006, 07:06
1st and 3rd for me smashing shots
P-E
22-08-2006, 07:20
Lovely set.....I think the first one is just about my fav.
IanC_UK
22-08-2006, 07:40
Thanks guys :) i never worked on the first one last time round at all for some daft reason ! Its actually one of my favourites now ! :)
matty
22-08-2006, 08:59
thats the place outside smarden isnt it?
IanC_UK
22-08-2006, 09:12
thats the place outside smarden isnt it?

Yep thats the one !
Fangman
22-08-2006, 09:28
Wonderful set of natural looking pictures.
moomike
22-08-2006, 13:14
Awesome images, really love all of them.
Torpedo
22-08-2006, 13:21
Taken at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, is a private collection not open to the public.

Thanks for the comments ! :)

So how did you get in? Contacts?
IanC_UK
22-08-2006, 14:11
So how did you get in? Contacts?

I found a company doing a photo day there, http://www.experience-seminars.co.uk/ and got in through them ! :) Big cat day in Kent is the one, although they have several days at different collections throughout the country.

Wish i had connections like that ! ;)
Keltic Ice Man
22-08-2006, 16:48
were they taken through a cage? or were you being fed to them - as it looks so close :)

Allan
Ally
22-08-2006, 17:36
gggrrrr :D
great shots :thumbs:
IanC_UK
22-08-2006, 18:14
Please can we stop doing the grrrrreat thing ! it keeps bringing that really annoying Frosties advert into my head "there gonna taste great" etc ! lol ;)

Thanks guys :)

We were fortunate enough to be allowed through the first set of fencing and get the lens right up against the netting, the leopards were a real problem, as they can get their paws through the net, so they had to have a keeper on the roof of the cage feeding them, to keep them away from us ! Ill find the pic out i got of how agile they are, it isnt great as the fence is on view, but its very graphic !

It cost £99 i think for the day, and they had people on hand to advise and help and also had some L glass for people to try !
IanC_UK
22-08-2006, 18:22
There ya go ! nimble little flippers ! lol

http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/leopard2.jpg
Gandhi
22-08-2006, 18:56
Well, I'm into 2 myself. Nice and sharp and fills the frame well.

I can see what hoodi means about the bokeh, but I don't think it's bad. The nikon 70-300 devil makes terrible bokeh, no matter what you do. Hence I've given it away (well, back to the person I bought it off anyway)
IanC_UK
22-08-2006, 21:42
Thanks for all the nice comments people :)
IanC_UK
23-08-2006, 18:19
Just found another one i should have looked at ! lol

http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/tiger6.jpg
Oz
25-08-2006, 22:08
Vibrant colours and great markings. Not sure how he would have got the bloody nose though?
Marianne
25-08-2006, 22:14
well, I am impressed...looks like your day turned out well!
chuckles
25-08-2006, 22:23
Vibrant colours and great markings. Not sure how he would have got the bloody nose though?


Well THEY don't eat Frosties, that's for sure!
IanC_UK
25-08-2006, 23:21
roflmao :) thanks for all the comments ! lol

The bloody nose came from the fact they had just been fed ! Nice fresh photographer goes down well obviously !

Heres one just finishing off the camera ! ;)
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/tiger5.jpg