[Some Old Hooker]

Taken at Headcorn yesterday. Great day for taking photos of these fantastic animals.

[Rob Barron]

Lovely shot and well timed. I think I'd crop the right hand side off a bout 2 centimetres so that we have more space 'in front' of the tiger than behind. Face is a touch soft but this might be down to the compression of the image. If it's fully sharp in the printed version then it's lovely

Cheers,
Rob

[Some Old Hooker]

Thanks Rob.

The printed version does seem a little shaprer than the version on screen, but I take your point and you are quite correct with your comment about the face.



Dave

[gsgary]

Nice shot Dave i would love to have a go at shooting these in the wild, what F stop did you use ?

[P-E]

Lovely shot.

[fionaB]

beautiful shot and well timed!

[simpbow]

Nice shot & lovely animals.

[Some Old Hooker]

Thanks Gary

On the advice of the resident pro for the day, Chris Weston, I set the camera to AV and set the f-stop to 2.8. This seemed to work fairly well all the way through the day. All of the shots had to be taken through steel mesh fencing which led to some interesting pictures.



Dave

[monkeydave]

very nice ..i am hoping to get some similer shots in about a month when i go on a big cat day in kent..

if i get one as good as this i will be happy..


md

[Some Old Hooker]

MD

Presumably the whf at Headcorn which is where this was taken. If it is I hope you enjoy yourself as much as I did.

Dave

[monkeydave]

Originally Posted by Some Old Hooker

MD

Presumably the whf at Headcorn which is where this was taken. If it is I hope you enjoy yourself as much as I did.

Dave

yes mate thats the one..

i see that was shot at 2.8..

i take it that was a 70-200 2.8...

i will be taking a 300mm f/4 is usm a 70-200 2.8 is a 24-105 L

also a 1.4 converter and a 2x

on a 1dmk11n and a 30d


just wondering if this will be anygood as ive never done one of these before and dont want to waste the day....


what was yours shot with...


sorry to go off topic but you dont ask you dont get..


md

[jake]

Nice action shot. It might crop well to portrait mode?

[Some Old Hooker]

Dave

Yes. I used a Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 and found this to be quite suitable, although possibly on occasions the 2x extender could have been handy. If you are taking the second body, something like a 24-70mm 2.8, which is what I used was very handy to have. Some of these cats will come right up to you and I have shots of a friend of mine stroking a sleeping Siberian Tiger, although you will be shot if found doing such things. For these occasions the second body and lens is well worth taking. I took far too much with me in hindsight but had no idea what I would use.

Hope you enjoy your day, I can't believe that you will be disappointed by the experience.

Best regards

Dave