Big Cat Portraits @PZ

torvaterra · 15th of September 2009 (Tue)

I had a visit to the Philly Zoo yesterday (9/14/09) and got some very nice shots. The lighting was excellent and the big cats all seemed to be in the mood to pose for me. Im still learning and perfecting things but I think my pictures came out very well. Each time I go, I get a little better.

All of the images were taken with an XTi and either 70-200L f4 or the kit lens. I hope to upgrade my equipment soon. CC is welcome!

Thank you for looking!

jgrussell · 15th of September 2009 (Tue)

Nicely done!

MizzGrizz · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

All are very nice, my fav is #5.

qadsan · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

Great shots!

torvaterra · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

Thank you everyone! Sometimes I feel as though I luck out with the poses. I wait for the right moment. Ill sit at an enclosure for hours.

Hopefully Ill have the gear and budget someday to be able to get pics in the wild.

sparker1 · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

Nice shots. Have you considered a smaller watermark?

reddyroc007 · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

beautiful.

torvaterra · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparker1

Nice shots. Have you considered a smaller watermark?

I have but Ive had people crop my picture to remove the watermark and they stole them. I do portraits for people and sometimes friends pets and someone stole a bunch of pics of chinchillas that I had up and put in on their site and said that it was their chinchillas. Which they then tried to "sell" on a pet forum. (Scam!) And I found out because someone on the forum recognized the pictures. It was a pita. So now I slap on a big watermark that cant be cropped out. Do you think its really bad looking?

MSUSpartan · 21st of September 2009 (Mon)

Very nice.

15th of September 2009 (Tue)	#1
torvaterra Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: PA - USA Posts: 588	Big Cat Portraits @PZ I had a visit to the Philly Zoo yesterday (9/14/09) and got some very nice shots. The lighting was excellent and the big cats all seemed to be in the mood to pose for me. Im still learning and perfecting things but I think my pictures came out very well. Each time I go, I get a little better. All of the images were taken with an XTi and either 70-200L f4 or the kit lens. I hope to upgrade my equipment soon. CC is welcome! Thank you for looking! __________________ www.torvaterra.com http://torvaterra.zenfolio.com

15th of September 2009 (Tue)	#2
jgrussell Looking around nervously Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ USA Posts: 18,786 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ Nicely done! __________________ -- jgr blog \| gear \| my birds

21st of September 2009 (Mon)	#3
MizzGrizz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Woodburn, OR Posts: 339	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ All are very nice, my fav is #5.

21st of September 2009 (Mon)	#4
qadsan Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 66	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ Great shots!

21st of September 2009 (Mon)	#6
sparker1 Cream of the Crop Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seminole, Fl Posts: 28,509	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ Nice shots. Have you considered a smaller watermark? __________________ Stan (See my gallery at http://www.pbase.com/sparker1) 7D, 50D, 300D, EF-S 10-22 mm, EF-S 18-55 mm kit lens, EF 24-105 L IS, EF 50 mm 1.8, Sigma 150-500mm (Bigmos)

21st of September 2009 (Mon)	#5
torvaterra Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: PA - USA Posts: 588	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ Thank you everyone! Sometimes I feel as though I luck out with the poses. I wait for the right moment. Ill sit at an enclosure for hours. Hopefully Ill have the gear and budget someday to be able to get pics in the wild. __________________ www.torvaterra.com http://torvaterra.zenfolio.com

21st of September 2009 (Mon)	#7
reddyroc007 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Iqaluit, NU Posts: 809 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ beautiful. __________________ chris gear: 450D w/kung-fu grip, 18-55mm IS, 50mm 1.8, 100-300L, 24-70L, Rokinon 8mm fisheye, 580EXII flickr

21st of September 2009 (Mon)	#9
MSUSpartan Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 51 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Big Cat Portraits @PZ Very nice.

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