Mugshot of a Princess

[Wild Images]

Nikon D70
Sigma 80-400 OS
SB800
Sabi Sands Mpumulanga South Africa
Note the tick on her lower throat.

[Ian]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

Nikon D70
Sigma 80-400 OS
SB800
Sabi Sands Mpumulanga South Africa
Note the tick on her lower throat.

Interesting - you used flash (SB800)? I'm not a wildlife photography expert by any means but I do understand that flash can be an important aid in wildlife shots.

Ian

[spl]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

A cheetah I think - the fastest animal on earth and beautiful too

[Pol]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

Fabulous! Splendid shot of a splendid animal - gorgeous sideway view of her eye and lovely bokeh too.

Callie - did you, or do you use flash and have you ever used an Flash extender?

Ian, I don't know a lot about the use of flash with wildlife and am too limited to do any serious wildlife photography anyway - but I think Andy uses, or has used, an 'Xtenda Beam' flash extender. Laurence also used one successfully when he was once photographing a conference speaker from the back of the room. I think the idea is that it concentrates the flash beam into a smaller specific area, smaller angle of view, when you're using a long lens at full stretch. I have one but it keeps flapping about and falling off the gun. I think mine is probably the wrong size, either that or I'm too clumsy with it.

Pol

[Wild Images]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

Hi All
Will cover all questions in one, since they are about the same thing.. I use flash and I use it often. I also have a BB -Better Beamer flash extender, that allows you to shoot much further, as it concentrates the light via the fresnel lens. I have shot martial Eagle in a tree, where normal exposure would not have worked. Flash is your friend, if you use id correctly.
Here, she was so near, no BB was used. When the sun is against you, or when the light is going down, like it was here, you just fire the flash on auto everything - it is much smarter than I, hence the stiff price. The SB 800 is magic, as it fires remote from both the D70 and the D200. Flash should not flood the sunject, but it adds nice highlights in the eye, brings out colour, take away dark shadows below the eyes, allows you to shoot into thickets, and at night. I shoot any time of day, even @14h00, and then flash is a nice option to have.
The BB is cheap for USA, about $40 and around the same price in UK - you can get it from www.Warehouseexpress.com where mine comes from.
@ SPl
No, this is the princess of spotted cats, Panthera Pardus, the ellusive enigma most never see, one of the most priced of the Big Five animals to see, and perhaps, to photograph. I love them, it is always a kick to see them, any place, any time, and the only animal we "hunt" when in the bush. My wife normally spots them before I do, since I drive and sometimes have to keep the car in the road as well. Leopard has rosettes? and cheetahs have spots, Leopard is stocky with retractable claws, cheetah is slender and non-retractaable claws. Cheetah has two black stripes each side of the nose, that act as sunglasses, the leopard not, because they hunt in thickets where the sun is not as harch as on the open plains where the cheetah hunts.
Hope this helps
Callie

[spl]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

Never even heard of Panthera Pardus let alone seen one - must be a very rare species

[Pol]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

Hi All
Will cover all questions in one, since they are about the same thing.. I use flash and I use it often. I also have a BB -Better Beamer flash extender, that allows you to shoot much further, as it concentrates the light via the fresnel lens. I have shot martial Eagle in a tree, where normal exposure would not have worked. Flash is your friend, if you use id correctly.
Here, she was so near, no BB was used. When the sun is against you, or when the light is going down, like it was here, you just fire the flash on auto everything - it is much smarter than I, hence the stiff price. The SB 800 is magic, as it fires remote from both the D70 and the D200. Flash should not flood the sunject, but it adds nice highlights in the eye, brings out colour, take away dark shadows below the eyes, allows you to shoot into thickets, and at night. I shoot any time of day, even @14h00, and then flash is a nice option to have.
The BB is cheap for USA, about $40 and around the same price in UK - you can get it from www.Warehouseexpress.com where mine comes from.

Callie

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Pol

[Archangel]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

Nikon D70
Sigma 80-400 OS
SB800
Sabi Sands Mpumulanga South Africa
Note the tick on her lower throat.

Aaa...Another good one, shot with one of my favorite cameras (D70).


Regards
George

[Pops]

Re: Mugshot of a Princess

She is gorgeous and the profile is spot on.
You could slide down that forehead.

[chryslerchick]

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wow ! beautifull pic , love the colour so crisp

[Tinka]

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A beautiful portrait of a beautiful creature, the pose so serene and regal.