Low light tiger time..

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Low light tiger time..

Postby Big V on Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:45 pm

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
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Postby DebT on Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:18 am

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 ?
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Postby Big V on Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:15 pm

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..
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Postby MattyO on Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:37 pm

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

May i ask what lens you used for the shot?
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Postby Travy on Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:55 pm

Great shots :)

love tigers :D
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Postby DebT on Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:26 pm

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.
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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:34 pm

awesome! #2 is really good, love it...great stuff.
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Postby Big V on Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:49 pm

All shot with the sigma 80-400
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Postby adame on Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:55 pm

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.
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Postby Big V on Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:00 pm

Adam, glass was too dirty for the front on drinking shot..
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Postby adame on Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:15 pm

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.
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