- many thanks, ChrisThose lions are just so damned photogenic aren't they?
Love the Tiger in the Jacuzzi ...Nice set Russ
- man thanks Roger - they look in much better condition now than when they were rescued from a Romanian zoo eight years agoGreat image #1, so representative of how I think of Lions.
- man thanks Roger - they look in much better condition now than when they were rescued from a Romanian zoo eight years ago
Russ
- That particular shot was taken at about 25m, but the enclosures are all large and mainly camera-friendly so you can usually get quite close if the animals oblige! I visit YWP regularly, and over the years have used 70-200mm, 300mm with/without a x1.4 teleconverter on a x1.6 crop camera. For the big cats, polar and brown bears I would favour a 300mm lens on balance. But of course there are giraffes where a shorter lens would be better.....Have a great visit!How close is close? Will a 70-200 do or should I take a longer lens?
not quite sure what you are seeing as "off" with the tiger portrait; it's a reasonable close-up at f/8 and iso 640. Maybe over-sharpened a little? Here is the full image as taken:
Russ
- guilty as charged, FiIt is the eyes that look a bit odd on my monitor - I think you might be right that it is a touch over sharpened.