Very nice placements within a natural looking location. Well caught! When I first brought it up, my immediate reaction was that it is a little washed out. I suppose I had a tiger (shinning bright) image in mind. Is there possibly the faintest overall light green cast? I sense it, but can't really confirm it.
Jack --- Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > The family went to the zoo this morning, and I brought my *ist-Ds and > SMC-A > 70-210 F/4 kit with me. I find it really hard to get animal pics at > the zoo > that aren't obviously zoo pictures. With this one, I finally got > lucky and > got a clean shot of one of the Sumatran tigers at the zoo: > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/misc/tiger.jpg > > Photograph notes: Camera at 1/125 and ISO400, lens zoomed all the > out to > 210 and wide open at F/4. > > Getting the focus right with the 70-210 is hard! I had several > others that > were not quite in focus. Fortune smiled on me and the best > composition > ended up as the sharpest. My focus issues were probably a > combination of > the slow shutter sped and genuine focus issues. I probably should > have shot > at ISO800 and 1/250. > > There are only about 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, and about > 300 in > captivity. The pair at the Sacramento zoo just gave birth to three > male > cubs in November. > > --Mark > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
