This was taken behind glass. All I've done to it so far is unsharp mask X2 and resize. The framing could have been better but I was fighting a pretty big crowd since this guy had been hiding all day and finally decided to show himself.
One thing I learned from shooting today is that I really want a teleconverter for my camera. :)
Very nice. You've done a good job keeping the highlights under control.
Good on your zoo for putting the cats behind glass - all ours are behind that nasty wire fence that stops auto-focus from locking on the subject and ruins the photo anyway :-/
Thanks. I'm really having a lot of fun and finally getting a little comfortable. I have been shooting mostly in fully manual mode...though today I switched around a lot between Aperature priority, Shutter priority, and Manual.
Speaking of fences this guy was behind a fairly tight wire fence. It took some fiddling but once I locked on him you would never know a fence is there.
I'm sure the fences used for the big cats are "slightly" thicker gauge and you can't exactly make them dissappear. ;)
I'm sure the fences used for the big cats are "slightly" thicker gauge and you can't exactly make them dissappear. ;)
You can do a resonable job getting rid of the fence.
The tricks are to use a long focal length, a large aperture (small aperture number) and have the fence to subject distance as large as you can, with the camera to fence distance as small as possible.
You can see this when you go to a place like Texas Motor Speedway and watch the Pros shooting photographs of the race cars with their very large 400-600mm lenses or etc right on top of the fence that protects the grandstand. At first you would swear they are crazy.
great shots...and great tips gordon. thanks for the clear help for the uninitiated like myself. When i get my digital rebel soon, i'm all over trying that =`)
if you're looking for a teleconverter, check ebay. there are a lot of folks on there that sell parts for digital cameras, and teleconverters are pretty common.
