My Whipsnade taster

[Yv]

Ok, a few of the animals, havent done them all yet, so you will have to wait for 'those' tiger shots, as I think I might use them for something else, but all these are either uncropped, or no more then 10% taken off for compositional purposes, levels and sharpened and shrunk for web, thats it.

1 - that lazy old brown bear

2 - the poor shivering rockhoppers

3 - both tigers and that blasted fence

4 - Mara, making a huge effort to not look at me

5 - a wolf, and a couple more of these on my flickr if you interested

6 - How sad is this face?

7 - It really did show its face lower down the tree, the Red Panda

Apart from the red and the chimp [sigma 50-150], all were shot with sigma 120-300 + 1.4TC stuck on the D300, all exif can be seen on the flickr images. PLenty more to follow

TFL

 

[cosmix3]

Nice set, your rockhoppers have come out better than mine I think.

 

[hellkat]

wow... fantastic images! great set

 

[steveps]

Nice set. Love the Rock Hoppers, maybe a little more saturation just to bring out the yellow ear feathers and red in their beaks.

Regards
Steve

 

[StuartH]

That chimp shot is awesome..very powerfull..and sad as well.
Could title it "The prisoner"
Looks like you had a good day though..cracking shots

 

[Grendel]

Great set Yvonne Loving the two Rockhoppers, excellent capture. I do like the wolf too, I've never been able to get one as close as that

 

[grumpybadger]

Chimp is pick of the bunch for me - superb...

 

[Yv]

Thanks all. The rockhoppers are a miracle that the pic exists at all, the others will confirm, it was so misty down at the penguins, even when they were close the colours and detail were muted and greyish, had to really fiddle around with the levels to get it like that, but I wanted to as I just loved the way they are both looking across and looking sooo fed up

 

[IanC_UK]

nice set Yvonne, but the chimp does take the cake from the set

 

[Marc]

Great shots Yvonne, love the chimp and the red panda. Good thing you went over earlier.

 

[hairy]

Good selection Yvonne

 

[D0c]

Every shot is good but the chimp one is fantastic.

It's strange as you look beyond the fence that normally spoils this type of image into the chimps eyes.

Very good indeed.

 

[maddog.mark]

Great set Yv, seen a few on your flickr as well. Damn it looked cold out there today.

 

[Andy1664uk]

Love #2 & #3 - espec 2

 

[maska]

Nice set , the chimp is a cracker really feel for him.

 

[Yv]

Thanks again everyone, seems the only clear shot of the chimp all day is a winner


I may have used some shots in the TP monthly comp btw

 

[malla1962]

I think the wolf is the best of the lot, superb.

 

[smooth]

Those rock hoppers are sooo awesome! Fantastic set!

 

[squidgeyem]

Wow really nice set - thing the frostyness set's them off!!! Well done

 

[photostar_1]

That wolf looks like pure evil!!

I too, love the expression in the chimp.

 

[Yv]

Thanks again everyone, loved taking them