Cheetah Cub Through Wire

This darling Cheetah cub lives in the nursery at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. You view the cub through a wire mesh. I used the maximum aperture on my 70-200mm f/4L IS lens in order to make the mesh less noticeable. The exposure for the shot was 1/15 second at f/4 using ISO 200. I could have boosted the ISO to get a higher shutter speed but, I was shooting with IS turned on and using a monopod so I was was pretty confident of 1/15 second.

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It is hard through wire but you have done well. Would have liked a different pose though.

Nice, very nice.

Cute shot.

That's one cute kitten....nice shot!

Nice cat, i like to pose, kind of *i know your taking pictures of me, but im not looking*

Wednesday i went to a hawk and owl trust, lots of wire to shoot through, i managed some shots but some need some dodge and burning via Photoshop!

i think you did a great job! i have the same 70-200 F/4 lens, it was also my first outing with it and its dam sharp!

Look at http://www.bensmith.bi​z only one picture from the day that was via wire!

For some reason tho this morning the picture is streched so it looks odd!

Well done! Getting rid of the wire is tough sometimes... I wouldn't have noticed it was there if you hadn't mentioned it, at least initially.

Cute shot!

amckenzie4 wrote in post #8498993
Well done! Getting rid of the wire is tough sometimes... I wouldn't have noticed it was there if you hadn't mentioned it, at least initially.

Cute shot!

Sorry, the wire can be lost quite easy, get nearer the better, use a single focus point you should be ok.

Here is a quick one to show what can be done, lens against wire, center focus point.

1/1600s
ISO200
F4

Rayk wrote in post #8499168
Sorry, the wire can be lost quite easy, get nearer the better, use a single focus point you should be ok.

Certainly it can be easy. I've also run into a few situations where I wasn't allowed to get close to the fence, and the animal was just on the other side. So it CAN be difficult. Especially for a relative beginner, like me.

(And no need to apologize -- new information and advice is always welcome!)

I hired a 500mm F4L for the wildlife park and found it quite easy to get through the wire but had a go with the 70-200 2.8 and didnt have as much luck, though i was holding the 500 while trying to shoot. Worth going to that place just to see those cubs...

Heres one i took with the 500

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They look so deceivingly cute.