Big Cats

[Ryewolf]

From Chester Zoo yesterday

Jaguar

Lion

Sumartran Tiger

Cheetah

 

[Clicker]

What a smashing set  Rye ... #4 is  just fabulous with the tiger baring his ferocious fangs  !!

Looks like you had a good day ...

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Clicker, yeah it was a good day. The last time I went it was a lot hotter and all the big cats were hiding in the shade. The only one I didn't manage to get a shot of was the Black Jaguar, though I did see it. I only just got the one shot of the Jaguar, it was lying just below a little hill and popped it's head up briefly, I did have to do a bit of photoshopping to blur out the fence behind it....

2 hours ago, Clicker said:

#4 is  just fabulous with the tiger baring his ferocious fangs  !!

Yeah it was growling at another tiger that was above it.

[Hatter]

Nice work.  Shot through glass or bars?

 

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Gareth, a bit of a mixture actually, some were shot through fences, the first tiger shot was neither, the cheetahs were shot through glass.....

[Hatter]

4 minutes ago, Ryewolf said:

the first tiger shot was neither

That actually looks a bit like the view you can get (if you're lucky) at the Shepreth wildlife park (near Cambridge) - there's a raised walkway and you look down into the tiger enclosure.  I got a good face to face close-up of a lion through glass at Colchester Zoo a few years ago.

[Ryewolf]

14 minutes ago, Hatter said:

there's a raised walkway and you look down into the tiger enclosure.

That shot was very similar, the tigers are on a hill, so it's almost eye level with no glass in between. It's only my second visit to Chester Zoo, it is a tad on the expensive side but it's huge, some of the free-flying bird aviaries are excellent to visit....

[Ryewolf]

A re-edit of the Tiger gob shot as after looking at it again it was a bit too dark.....

[Monkey]

Stunning set 

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Mark