Siberian Tiger Cub (Panthera Tigris Altaica) (C)

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Posted by Drew Mellowship on March 4, 2009 at 8:45 AM

This was taken yesterday at a local wildlife park. There are two cubs, both male born about 6 months ago. They were very playful and even the parents were joining in too.

I would have preferred a face-on view but I quite like in terms of isolating from the business around him. I'm sure it isn't that great technically but it was a great sight to see even if it was in a wildlife park !

All C&C welcome as always.
Not quite sharp enough for my liking though.

D300
Nikon 500mm F4p
ISO 320
1/200 @F6.3

Drew

Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 4, 2009 at 9:59 AM

I would prefer abit more room as its very tight in the frame, You say its not sharp enough so maybe if you had used a higher ISO you would have got a better shutter speed

Dave

Posted by Drew Mellowship on March 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM

Thanks Dave, my thoughts exactly. I must admit I'm always wanting to try and get a nice smooth image, so I tend to try and keep a low ISO. Looks like I had better change my bad ways & quick!

Drew

Posted by Magnus Hird on March 4, 2009 at 3:03 PM

Always nice to see tigers

Think I would also like a slightly less tight view, showing more of the paw on the left hand edge and top of the head with ears

Posted by Tom Smit on March 5, 2009 at 2:03 AM

It looks quit sharp to me. A little more space could help.

Posted by A.R.D on March 6, 2009 at 6:38 PM

Hello drew

hope the bags working OK

Doesn't the D300 work well at higher ISO's ??

Regards

Posted by Drew Mellowship on March 7, 2009 at 5:19 AM

Hello !!

Yep, the bag is great many thanks. Yes the D300 does work well at higher ISO's but it's always been a thing for me wanting to keep the image as smooth as possible. I guess really I'm my own worst enemy. Possibly a problem coming from a commercial background where I had all teh control I wanted over light so ISO was never really an issue.

Cheers all for your comments !

Drew