Just having lunch.

[StormChaser]

I really liked this little guy. Taken on a warm day in a dutch zoo.

[StormChaser]

Sorry about that, I should make a habbit of posting the proces. Here it is :

-raw file
-speed 1/4000
-Fstop 2.8
-ISO400
-70mm with a Sigma 28-70 lens, (so that means low down on the ground, crawling close)
-standard settings on adobe raw converter
-auto level & contrast PS7
-USM 49-0.7-0 3-times

Hope you can comment on what I should change or any other pointers.

[StormChaser]

Sorry again. Its handheld.

[Swampy]

I love my Sigma 24-70 even when other people take great shots! Good job!

[sandman]

Hi Anthonie
How do you do that,! i mean get an animal ,any animal to stand still and pose?. it's me, it must be, everytime i go to the zoo , and their are 4 good one near me, everytime, the animals hide, i creep up, they hide , i mix with kids , they hide, i've even got a keeper to take me up close to one of his friendliest llamas, guess what? , it hid. ''never done that before '' he said.

I've posted a pic to show you what i mean, 30 seconds before this , he was pacing up and down ,showing off , i arrived and.................

[Swampy]

Just have to have patience with Nature Sandman... They don't hide from me either, as you've seen by my humming bird pictures, dragonfly, my coyte pics in the Lens Test thread here http://s2pro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1445 or my hawk picture here: http://s2pro.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1046&highlight=hawk

Sometimes I have to wait, sometimes not. The hawk picture I waited for a few months to get this shot. All the other rare sightings were nasty shots, only see half of him, etc.

[StormChaser]

now you have to know I'm 193cm so thats 6 foot something right and I weigh about 120 kilos. So any animal will freeze in sheer terror because they are afraid I'll grab their food and then its simple: 'high speed photography 101' before they find out I'm more the gourmet food kinda guy.