Missing birds from Supulveda

dallas

I think I have found the reason there aren't many birds at the basin recently. :scratch :scratch :scratch

saurora

He looks so darn.............close.
What a beautiful series, William! He looks like a young one...nice n' lean! Rather "frisky" too! What lens were you using? He looks so darn.........close. Love all the shots, especially #3. (Is this the LA zoo??)

Osprey Whisperer

Nice series William. I might have your eyes checked though....that's no oridnary house cat you're keeping at your place.

kdog

Amazing shots, William.

That is one fine looking kitty.

Regards,
-joel

Harryb

Afine set William. I love tigers.

dallas

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice series William. I might have your eyes checked though....that's no oridnary house cat you're keeping at your place.

They are not house cats? No wonder they ate so much pizza. I'll just leave them at the zoo then.

Angelo

dallas wrote:

They are not house cats? No wonder they ate so much pizza. I just leave them at the zoo then.

don't get near them with pineapple!!!!

very nice W

gluwater

dallas wrote:

I think I have found the reason there aren't many birds at the basin recently.

I think he's saying "Would you turn that darn flash off!". Nice captures Dallas.

dallas

saurora wrote:

What a beautiful series, William! He looks like a young one...nice n' lean! Rather "frisky" too! What lens were you using? He looks so darn.........close. Love all the shots, especially #3. (Is this the LA zoo??)

Thanks Saurora, you're right, they do live at the LA Zoo, and No. 1 is Mom, and No's 2 and 3 are year old cubs, who have lots of enegry. They leave Dad in during the day so he doesn't eat the babe's, and he is only allowed out at night. I used a Nikon 300 mm, and 80-200, so the viewing is quite nice, however the light is difficult because there's too much contrast, and of course too many other little animals with two feet.

dallas

Thanks Joel, yes they are very beautiful animals, but like the cute Polar Bears.....as you know, they will eat you :uhoh :uhoh :uhoh :uhoh

dallas

Harryb wrote:

Afine set William. I love tigers.

Thanks Harry, the little one's asked about you, and send their love back.

dallas

Angelo wrote:

don't get near them with pineapple!!!!

very nice W

I don't get close to them with anything...

dallas

gluwater wrote:

I think he's saying "Would you turn that darn flash off!". Nice captures Dallas.

Ahawww....I knew someone would notice that. I need some training in PS to fix tiger eyes. Thanks Nick

saurora

What time of day were you shooting these? It's unusual to see the big cats so active. So often during the day they are sleeping in their caves or behind rocks. The big cats are my favorite and they are so difficult to view.

jwear

very nice shots the pond must be slow to drive you to the zoo the tigers are in a dark area are they not hard to get without flash --have they done the constrution or is it still a mess ??

Ric Grupe

Ah-ha!



Nice action....

dallas

jwear wrote:

very nice shots the pond must be slow to drive you to the zoo the tigers are in a dark area are they not hard to get without flash --have they done the constrution or is it still a mess ??

Thanks Jeff and Ric....The pond seems to have gone out of business, or I've gone blind. At the zoo, the tiger area is dark in the back, bright in the front, with high contrast in between on a bright day. A lighting disaster, so the flash is necessary to get good results, and I don't handle that too well yet, so I'm happy to have gotten these few decent shots. Sorry to say our LA Zoo is still under construction.......will they ever get their act together?