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From the late visit, Zoo was open until 8.00pm, so the male Tiger was very active - had to shoot at 800 to 1600 ISO

Just love the timing of #1 -
just the right amount of movement in the water to capture the 'drink' yet with a perfect mirror of the face - its something about the position of the ripples leading edge that I find very complimentary. Love the glint in the eye - makes me wonder what she is thinking
#2 intensively captavating face - I see depth and personality and feel the softness. Love the foliage and DOF very 3D
#3 "so cute can I have one " quote my Son

Your colours are warm, rich and deep and the shadows very minimal - what time did you shoot and where was the sun/light source ? How often is the zoo open late ? and how do you find out ?
Rgds DebT

Deb, these were taken at 6.30 to 7.00 in the evening. The zoo was open late as the Crows had a members day, so they had the zoo from 4.00 to 8.00. Fozzie and I just stayed and enjoyed the diffused light due to the cloud cover. The sun was to the left and low in these shots..

these are excellent shots, i really like the first 2.

May i ask what lens you used for the shot?

Great shots

love tigers

Big V,
Thanks for the info ! thought for a moment that the zoo was opening dawn & twighlight sessions and got excited. I love the zoo but not too keen on sleepy animals and harsh shadows.
DebT
GO CROWS !!

awesome! #2 is really good, love it...great stuff.

All shot with the sigma 80-400

Love number 2 virgs....... did you get any front on shots through the glass while he was drinking? Last time i was there when he was out was the middle of the day, the light wasn't any good for the position he's in while drinking.

Adam, glass was too dirty for the front on drinking shot..

Big V wrote:Adam, glass was too dirty for the front on drinking shot..

Lazy buggers hadn't cleaned it again huh.......terrible just terrible when will they think of the photographers  LOL.