Not reef related but had to share!!!
 

I managed to get this shot the other day I know its not fish but I am pretty exited about it anyway and wanted to share with all of you.
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...Jan2010082.jpg

Tell us the story! How close were you to this cat?

What a beautiful picture!

WOW great picture, thanks for sharing.

Wow awesome!!

wow wicked shot, i think that kitty needs to brush its teeth lol.
good shootin

That's a mark of a true photographer right there. Get the shot first, then RUN! :lol:

You were far too CLOSE to an animal that could have killed, eaten & pooped you out btw:lol:

Beautiful pic.

beautiful shot! Nice work!

Is it bad to relate with this image. :bounce:

Wow! Awesome pic! I use the same camera (canon 30d) and was just wondering what lenses you are using. I am in the market for a decent macro lens.

Ryan

great pic, now let's hear the details

Amazing. Thanks for sharing!

Sorry to disappoint everyone but it was taken at the Vancouver Zoo.:mrgreen:
So no need to run away.:lol: I have taken lots of bear shots when hiking, but cougars are very elusive and are usually starving when seen in the wild.
The shot was taken with my 75-300 DO lens that is why you can't see the fence. I just really like this picture as he was stretching in the sunlight at the time.

Great shot! I would have made up some near death experience to go with it tho', just to add excitement to the cool picture.LOL
Jim

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Just wondering if I could get permission to try and paint the cougar. Not a profesional at all just a amature. Great shot. Nice lighting

Sure go ahead paint away.

Great lighting, subject and composition but poorly executed. The shutter speed was too slow for the amount of zoom resulting in fairly obvious motion blur. If this shot was taken in the wild it would be excusable since any amateur photographer would be shaking in fear and the story would compensate for the blur. However since it was at the zoo you could have quickly adjusted the settings or used some kind of brace. I only bring this up because IMO it's clearly not your best work and judging by your equipment and other photos you can do better. Plus this is the photography forum :wink:

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Thanks Marlain65 I will see when I get time.

Thanks for the feed back.
Dont forget though that the motion blur you are referring to is the fence as it was shot free hand on a spur of the moment threw the fence. He was walking around and only posed for this shot for a few seconds. If I had come there just to shoot I would have brought my tripod and set up to take the best shot possible, but for a hand held shot at a shitty angle on a spur of the moment I think it came out fairly well. I will try the faster shutter speed next time though.

Just remember to use at least double the inverse zoom for your shutter speed, it should be automatically built into your brain so as you zoom in you're increasing your shutter speed accordingly at the same time. You can set your ISO to auto (within a preset range) or adjust it manually for the lighting.

Also keep in mind that 300mm is huge for hand-held, and without a lot of light it'll be difficult to take a fast enough shot. At 200mm the composition would have been equally good and the speed would have been much more manageable.

Great tip will try to remember that thanks.

he must of taken it from a national geographic mag or the zoo lol

Sorry but can you elaborate a little? I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around the "double the inverse zoom" part.

Shutter speed is displayed as a fraction of a second, for example 1/250 of a second. Zoom is in mm, so if you're shooting at 200mm then you should aim for a minimum of 1/400 shutter speed. I maybe should have said double the zoom then inverse. Its just a rule of thumb and of course there are exceptions.

Ohhh ok, guess that makes sense, thanks. Cool!

EFIX Data 5.6 aperture 300mm 100 ISO 1/250 Exp
Hard to judge this shot without the EFIX data so here you go it has got some great reviews on the other photo sites.:mrgreen: It is a bit on the dark side though.

Thats definitely not a macro lens. Ha ha!

Do you have photoshop? You could easily bring the balances back into line.

I must say that it is a great shot.... National Geographic "quality" or not.... you caught a good moment and I don't think many people would have!

Thanks I thought so too.:redface:
I really like the way he/she was posing at the time.
I did not have a lot of time to set up the shot so it was hand held and shot with the settings I had set at the time.