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14-07-2008, 12:32
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Big Cats
Posted these everywhere else so thought I'd post them here too
 Few pics from our TP meet at the Big Cat Sanctuary on Saturday. C&C welcome 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 
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14-07-2008, 12:36
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Kitties!!!
 Aww they are gorgeous I can't do c&c but I can say they look like great photos
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14-07-2008, 17:09
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Some really nice shots. Those leopard shots are absolutely beautiful, both the profile shot and the head on. DOF is absolutely spot on and the sharpness of the whiskers really brings the picture out for me.
What's the cat in the first two shots? Looks like an insanely fluffy wild cat or something  Love the second shot of him. Also, where is this place??
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14-07-2008, 17:20
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I'm no expert but the leopard shots are amazing.
I also love the first lion shot - you can almost tell it's pondering life, or just thinking and observing. Fantastic shots.
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14-07-2008, 17:34
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Absinthe
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Cheers guys
The leopard is an "Amur" leopard and is truly beautiful. Wasn't sure whether the profile shot was spoilt somewhat by the fencing but there's not much I can do about that without cropping it severely. Both of those shots were taken with the 70-200 F4L IS at F4. This lens is so sharp you could cut yourself on it. The fluffy little thing in the first two pics is a Pallas cat. It's about the size of a domestic cat but obviously a bit wilder. Very skittish and darted about a lot which maked it a pain to capture through the fencing so I'm quite happy with those two shots. The place is the Big Cat Sanctuary at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Ashford, Kent. Went as part of a meet organised on the TP forums - about ten of us in total and cost was £70 per head. Sounds a bit steep but you get a full day there with one of the volunteers taking you round each of the cats and feeding them as you go. Highly recommended and would definitely consider going again next year sometime.
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14-07-2008, 17:35
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Lol how close did you get to the critter for that last shot!
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14-07-2008, 18:50
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Absinthe
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Hehe. Put it like this, that nose shot was taken at 62mm (Sigma 17-70) and is about a 50-60% crop.
Basically lion on one side of the wire and me holding camera up to the other side so probably a matter of inches.
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14-07-2008, 18:53
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BBx woz 'ere :P
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I'd love to have one of those as a desktop wall paper - if you didn't mind sharing it (happy to even have a copyright text on it).
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14-07-2008, 19:28
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Absinthe
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Not a problem, have already supplied a few as wallpaper and have two on my monitors here atm. Not really bothered about copyright text either, as long as I have the RAW I don't mind letting JPEGs loose although maybe not at full 10mp res
Let me know which you're after and at what res and I'll sort it out.
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14-07-2008, 19:33
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