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Cheetah's at Chester zoo....

By MikeRC
Hi .....more shots of the Cheetahs at Chester zoo:
...these were taken at the weekend when on the Friday the young cheetahs were very active but on a return visit on Saturday, despite leaning on the barrier for 2 hours....how sad am I ?.... they were nowhere to be seen.
...memo to Chester zoo....how about a sign ?..."CHEETAHS IN / NOT IN RESIDENCE"
...still, what else am I gonna do ? ....go fishin' !!!

Thanks for looking at my pictures, your comments, clicks and views really are appreciated.
.....it makes the fact that they are never as sharp as I would like, somewhat more bearable.

...stay lucky....Mike

Tags: Chester zoo Digitally manipulated Cheetahs Pets and captive animals

Voters: VIKI, lonely_oryx, BethMN and 69 more


Uploaded:
1 Jul 2008 8:05AM
Camera:
Nikon D80
Lens:
Sigma 70-200
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Comments


VIKI 16 18 1 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 8:07AM
Absolutely fantastic.
lonely_oryx 15 61 55 England
1 Jul 2008 8:08AM
Excellent shots
Thundervlade 17 6 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 8:15AM
beautiful

Gaz
jdenman 14 19 5 Spain
1 Jul 2008 8:18AM
What beautiful creatures, great capture.
challicew 15 1 1 South Africa
1 Jul 2008 8:22AM
Superb photographs and excellent bg, I think one would call it dof?
DannyLenihan 15 213 19 England
1 Jul 2008 8:29AM
wow.
Dee73 14 England
1 Jul 2008 8:34AM
superb images, nice work.
Damon
Barbaraj 16 450 England
1 Jul 2008 9:07AM
Well captured and good light.
ugly Plus
15 9 58 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 9:42AM
Great shot number 1 better than 2.Love the detail and sharpness. Just a great shot well done.......
Angi_Wallace 15 341 11 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 9:57AM
These are both superb shots. Well caught.
Guillaume 16 119 2 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 10:24AM
Beautiful shots with great clarity. Really the pose of the cheetas in V1.
Guillaume
Marian 17 62 England
1 Jul 2008 12:28PM
I love this image. Getting the two of them active on the logs - brilliant - bet your proud of this one. Marian
KangaGal 14 66 Australia
1 Jul 2008 1:30PM
Love both of these. Having them performing up on the log is special.
HenB 14 6
1 Jul 2008 2:10PM
What a splendid image, all the superlatives have already been said.
MRS_IMANDER 14 14 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 2:49PM
I love this....cheetahs are splendid animals and youve managed to portry the charm beautifully
well done
deb
tumienis 18 2 1 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 5:39PM
simply amazing!
KBan 18 512 4 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 7:42PM
another winner Mike
keith
ChrisWallace 15 1 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 7:54PM
1st class images very well captured.
Chris
Maiwand 16 3 73 England
1 Jul 2008 8:16PM
Excellent shot Mike. What a shame it was not captured on an East African Safari. Start saving your pennies.!!!
Ron
Scaramanga 15 60 6 United Kingdom
1 Jul 2008 8:26PM
V1 is out of this world, incredible capture. I just read the above and thought exactly the same.
nolongeramember 17 38
2 Jul 2008 9:01AM

Quote:Excellent shot Mike. What a shame it was not captured on an East African Safari. Start saving your pennies.!!!
Ron


Brilliant work both versions..
Nettles 15 England
2 Jul 2008 11:40AM
Two fabulous captures. Annette
FeatherFriend 15 38 217 England
3 Jul 2008 1:22AM
"it makes the fact that they are never as sharp as I would like,"
Mike, in a effort to help with this, may I say that the focus point on #1 and #2 seems to be on the hind quarters and tail of the one on top. May I suggest that you lock your centre sensor in the viewfinder in the middle, focus on the eye, and whilst still holding the shutter half cocked, re compose and shoot. This works for me every time, and if you don't already do this, give it a try, I'm sure it will solve the problem. You don't say what aperture you used here, but I would add that you need a fairly large depth of field to get them both in focus. Both shots are great, hope my input helps.
Geoff.
Constructive Critique
MikeRC 17 3.6k United Kingdom
3 Jul 2008 5:40PM
....thanks everyone for your clicks and fine comments on the cheetahs....I'll certainly be going after these again before too long:

....thanks for the advice Geoff.

......Mike
Last modified by MikeRC on 3 Jul 2008 5:42PM
peterboyce 15 1 England
3 Jul 2008 6:03PM
2 stunning images mike....peter
PLCimagery 16 78 1 England
6 Jul 2008 8:45AM
A beautiful photo for sure!
Frank_Reid 17 228 1 United Kingdom
4 Jan 2009 10:28AM
Both are great shots mate.. and your background works well for them..

Frank.

PS I am at the Zoo on Friday (9th) and Sunday (11th) so if you are about PM me..

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