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May 10, 2006 17:47 | #1

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Trying to shoot this ...smaller wild cat (but by all means wild),i kept going closer and closer to the fence,(i had the Tamron 28-75 f2.8 on the camera) until she managed to put her paw through the wire and gave me a good scratch on my left hand.
At first i thought of any strange desease that you might catch from them but i suppose they take care of theese animals all the time and they keep a close look on them.
Anyway,after a bit of bleeding the pain went away,but left me with a scar to proove it.
Well,after all,if you want to shoot wild animals,you need to have some raw memories of them i suppose , even if they come in the form of a scar.

Here is a link for some info of this remarkable beast.

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May 10, 2006 17:49 | #2

You could never get that close ... we have glass for our cats...

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May 10, 2006 17:58 as a reply to @ reewik's post | #3

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reewik wrote:
You could never get that close ... we have glass for our cats...

There is a bar around 4 feet from the wire that you are not aloud to cross Eric , but when noone is looking..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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May 10, 2006 19:23 as a reply to @ Dimitri_V's post | #4

dv2004 wrote:
There is a bar around 4 feet from the wire that you are not aloud to cross Eric , but when noone is looking..... :lol:

When no one is looking, the cat scratches you... Oh the things we do for the shots...You took one for the team Dimitri and that first shot is very very nice. I hope you got the cut cleansed thouroghly my friend!

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May 11, 2006 05:35 | #5

Oh, the things we do to get the shot! Looks like a nice little kitty, but I guess with the heart of a tiger! Nice shots, Dimitri!

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May 11, 2006 05:57 | #6

The chances we take our friend D is becoming a daredevil ;-)a
Nice shots...you rock D

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May 11, 2006 06:04 | #7

The first shot is a really nice portrait,well done. I'm not so fussy about the one through the wire. Hope you heal OK. Thanks for sharing Dimitri.

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May 11, 2006 15:44 | #8

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Thank you guys,every single one of you.
Yes,the little kitten was a wild thing , and the cut is completely fine,it has almost left no scar at all and guess what...i didn`t turn into a catman,,,,,thank heaven for that. :lol: :lol:
Daredevil Trish? :lol: :lol: well,i would do lots of things to get a realy good shot,some times it doesn`t work and some times its worth it.
At least it was only a good scratch and not a deep scar in the face. :rolleyes:

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May 11, 2006 18:27 as a reply to @ Dimitri_V's post | #9

love the second shot especially
the lovely pink nose makes him look a nice quiet pet
:rolleyes:

:shock:
hope you wiped the scratch with disinfection :eek:
or you'll have more then a tiger in your tail ,and your Scottish hills will be just a memory
(you'll leave behind for us all)

:lol: :o :lol:

the detail of the whiskers in the first shot are just terrific

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May 11, 2006 20:33 | #10

like the first one...the second one just seems sad to me...i think it's the fence and the eyes

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May 11, 2006 21:19 | #11

Beautiful animal, Dimitri, and you're the only person I know who's been wounded by one.

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May 11, 2006 22:08 as a reply to @ Dimitri_V's post | #12

dv2004 wrote:
There is a bar around 4 feet from the wire that you are not aloud to cross Eric , but when noone is looking..... :lol:

I'm sure that that is what the woman who entered the area around the polar bear enclosure was thinking a little while back now until........
None the less I would have done the same. Nice shots.

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May 11, 2006 22:13 | #13

Love those ocelots, very nice work Dimitri, wear your scar as a badge of honor.

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May 11, 2006 22:16 | #14

I like the first one, the ear is cut off in the upper left corner, but that's not a big deal, the second one is fine in my opinion, I don't mind the fencing

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May 12, 2006 03:28 | #15

Who cares about the human? To me, it's all about whether or not the LENS got scratched. O_O

Nice Shots.

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