Wildlife

[bigbob]

Now that Ian has upped our gallery allocation i've added a wildlife album , if anyones interested .
Here's a sample.

B..

[coupekid]

Re: Wildlife

Now that Ian has upped our gallery allocation i've added a wildlife album , if anyones interested .
Here's a sample.

B..

Hi Bigbob!

Obviously the title drew me to this thread straight away, as a lover of wildlife, I had to check out your gallery, and you have some super shots in there!
This one is superb. Where did you take these, I know there are a couple of places that have wild deer, one in Richmond, and one in The New Forrest. Also, where did you snap the raptors?

[coupekid]

Re: Wildlife

Now that Ian has upped our gallery allocation i've added a wildlife album , if anyones interested .
Here's a sample.

B..

oh, and by the way, Ben is a handsome fella, but there again, with a name like Ben, I am not in the least bit suprised

[Tom]

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Beautiful.
I just feel that the background is a little too blurred. Did you exaggerate this blur in Ps by any chance?
Tom

[bigbob]

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Thanks Ben , the deer were shot at Knowle park , nr Sevenoaks , Kent .
And the Eagles were shot at Eagle heights nr Dartford again here in Kent .
Ben was shot in my back garden
Tom , no PS on this , it was shot with a 70-200 lense plus 1.7 TC @ F2.8 hence the depth of field .

B..

[coupekid]

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Thanks Ben , the deer were shot at Knowle park , nr Sevenoaks , Kent .
And the Eagles were shot at Eagle heights nr Dartford again here in Kent .
Ben was shot in my back garden
Tom , no PS on this , it was shot with a 70-200 lense plus 1.7 TC @ F2.8 hence the depth of field .

B..

Many of my raptor shots were taken at the Hawk Conservancy, a super place for photography. If you ever fancy a day out, I would highly recomend it. Its in Andover.

Cheers,
Ben

(by the way, you have a wonderful Big Cat Sanctuary round your way that does photography days!, I spent a superb day there!)

[Ian]

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Now that Ian has upped our gallery allocation i've added a wildlife album , if anyones interested .
Here's a sample.

B..

Needless to say, Bob's gallery is well worth a look at:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/showgallery.php/cat/550

The fact that the fawn (faun??) is doing something slightly unusual makes all the difference. I like the blurred background though I can see what Tom means - the far b/g is so blurred and yet the depth of field close the fawn is quite deep.

Ian

[bigbob]

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Got me thinking now Ian , the deer shots were taken during the rut last Nov and i assumed i had the 200mm lense on , now i'm wondering if i had my 80-400 on , this lense does give a strange Bokeh on certain backgrounds , alas the Exif does'nt help .
Ben i assume you mean the big cat private collection nr Welwyn garden city , i've shot there before , it's a great day out , good breakfast
I've love to go back again but times limited and their open days are so popular you have to book a year in advance now .
Andovers only a 2 hr drive from me , and i might just drive down one weekend , cheers.
I'll put a few more Eagles in the gallery .

B..

[coupekid]

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Got me thinking now Ian , the deer shots were taken during the rut last Nov and i assumed i had the 200mm lense on , now i'm wondering if i had my 80-400 on , this lense does give a strange Bokeh on certain backgrounds , alas the Exif does'nt help .
Ben i assume you mean the big cat private collection nr Welwyn garden city , i've shot there before , it's a great day out , good breakfast
I've love to go back again but times limited and their open days are so popular you have to book a year in advance now .
Andovers only a 2 hr drive from me , and i might just drive down one weekend , cheers.
I'll put a few more Eagles in the gallery .

B..

Well, I look forward to seeing them, by the way, I actually like the blurred background, it makes the deer stand out more, so it gets a thumbs up from me!
The cat sanctuary is in Ashford, and my poor geography doesnt recal whether that is near Welwyn garden city. but it was a small place on an industrial park of all places!

[JonMikal]

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well done.

the dof works for well me. love the detail in the fawn and surrounding vegatation, and colors.

nicely presented in a frame.

[bigbob]

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Thanks Jon .
Ben your remark got me thinking , i've never heard of big cat sanctuary near Ashford so i googled it ..

http://www.whf.org.uk/

[Tinka]

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Hi BigBob,
A beautiful image very sharp, very detailed, beatifuly photographed and presented. great lighting and DOF.

[coupekid]

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Thanks Jon .
Ben your remark got me thinking , i've never heard of big cat sanctuary near Ashford so i googled it ..

http://www.whf.org.uk/

I went along with a photography club at work, so maybe if you could get a few more people along they will do a photography day for you.

[bigbob]

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Thank you Tinka .
Ben thats a good idea , i'll certainly look into it .

B..