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Feb 21, 2010 15:24 | #1

Hi all,
I went to a local zoo today to try out my new Bigma for the first time. The weather turned out to be overcast and rainy which was disapointing as I know this lens needs lots of light. These are what I managed to get, all handheld as the weather forecast predicted a bright day and I left the tripod at home....

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2 Yes I know the BG is annoying!

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3 BIG..........

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4......YAWN

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Feb 21, 2010 16:50 | #2

Love No1

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Feb 21, 2010 17:08 | #3

how many shots were taken to get those 8?....nice photo's by the way!

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Feb 21, 2010 18:23 | #4

Great shots. #'s 1 and 6 are my favs.

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Feb 21, 2010 21:11 as a reply to @ philk54's post | #5

Great shots, Dave. Really nicely done. I'd be curious of your 'keeper rate' with the Bigma as well. It sounds like you need to pick up a monopod to help you avoid forgetting your tripod.

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Feb 22, 2010 06:35 | #6

Rich_A wrote in post #9655023

Great shots, Dave. Really nicely done. I'd be curious of your 'keeper rate' with the Bigma as well. It sounds like you need to pick up a monopod to help you avoid forgetting your tripod.

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a monopod is a good idea and something I will look into. As for keeper rate, I took less than 60 shots all day....I think the exact figure was 58. I took more of the tiger than anything else, probably about 25 shots. Most of those were ok, but the BG was more of an issue on some of them. I struggled more with the leopard as the light had got even worse by the time I got to him, you can see from the EXIF that the shutterspeed was not good for hand holding!Here is another similar tiger shot from the same batch. As I said before, considering the weather I thought the Bigma did very well and in brighter conditions it would have produced even better results I would have thought.

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Feb 22, 2010 06:52 | #7

Some beautiful shots. I especially like 1 - screams a large canvas print to dominate a wall.

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Feb 22, 2010 07:07 | #8

The tigers are amazing, the background bokeh and coloring on the head shots is just perfect.

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Feb 22, 2010 10:17 | #9

superb photos

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Feb 22, 2010 12:50 | #10

#1 is awesome!

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Feb 22, 2010 13:14 as a reply to @ markinessex's post | #11

Great shots, I love the yawn.....makes me want to go buy a bigma!

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Feb 25, 2010 08:42 | #14

Think you did well in the rubbish weather we have been having. Great shots.
What camera please?

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Feb 25, 2010 09:43 | #15

I like 3 and 5

those bears look good.

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