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 by Bindii on Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:13 am
will you all come and look... and comment even.. ??? Lets see shall we.. These were taken in Thailand at a place called Tiger Temple... its an amazing place where monks raise these tigers and you can go there and handle them and have your photo taken with them etc.. they aren't in a cage just on leads (like thats going to stop a Tiger doing what it wants to do lol).. yep its an accident waiting to happen but I figured it was worth the risk.. *nods* If I get the energy I might have a go at cloning out some of the leads one of these days but for now this is how they are staying.. Oh and obviously I didn't take the last shot of me..       The last thing I want to do is hurt you... but it's still on the list... 
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by devilla101 on Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:22 am
Oh man these are just faaaaaaantastic.
I would love being close to those tigers and getting those type of shots.
Did the tigers look drugged at all?
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by team piggy on Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:34 am
You obviously havent visited Thailand  Safety is a bit of a non word over there, they do all kinds of crazy things that make us Farang (Westerners) cringe in horror! I have seen about 3 dozen of these tiger photo situations and never one drugged animal. Though one a few weeks ago decided it was pissed off enough to get up in the midlle of the shoot to wander around growling!! There is a number of places that you can have pictures taken with full size or baby tigers etc, its part of the tourist trade over there. Wait till you actually see baby or full sized elephants less than 500mtrs from the city centre in Bangkok being walked down the road!! D3 | D700 | D300 x 2 | D200 X 2| D70s| 300 2.8VR| 70-200, 2.8VR| 28-70, 2.8|24-70 2.8 | 14-24 2.8 | 50-500| 50, 1.4| 18-200VR| 10.5 Fishy | Batt Grips| SB800 x2 | SB900 |Pocketwizards | Manfrotto's blah blah.
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by aim54x on Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:08 am
Awesome photos! Imagine being able to take something like that with an ultra wide or fisheye, hmmmm I think i will have to put Thailand onto my wish list now!
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by ja_S_on on Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:26 am
Brilliant shots! Yeh as you already mentioned though i do think that the chains are a tad distracting. otherwise such much color and character - its great!
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by scoobydoo on Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:42 am
Wow.. thats some nice photos of tigers there! I might be taking a trip to Thailand at the end of the year, I would definately visit that temple. How often would you get a chance in your lifetime to pat a tiger like that
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by makario on Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:43 am
wow, you lucky thing. imagine being soo close to a tiger and petting it even!!
In terms of comments, not sure how much I can comment as I still dont take as good photos as you, but for me, the first 2 photos I feel that the nose is more in focus than the eyes. my 2 cents
That said I am 'J' that you got soo close to them tigers!!!
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by sirhc55 on Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:01 am
Nooooooooo!! Leave the chains in as they are indicative of the reality. By removing them you are compounding their plight.
Excellent pics but it saddens me to see these beautiful animals as playthings of humanity, (humanity - what a bloody stupid word)
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by Big Red on Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:10 pm
i knew i was gunna get ripped off ... these ones are probably a lot less dangerous though  great shots, nice and close showing heaps of detail 
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by Big V on Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:01 pm
Nice colours with these Bindi, can I ask why you selected the nose and not the eyes as the focal point?
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by StarForge on Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:03 pm
Damn, I mean DAMN those are superb shots! I really like the vibrant colour and DOF! WoW! 
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by Yi-P on Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:46 pm
#1 and #2, they are simply superb. They are so sharp that it feels like the tiger is right in front of you.
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by latch on Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:40 pm
WOW! Opening up this thread and having #1 looking me in the face made me stop still and stare. Absolutely fantastic photos of totally majestic animals. #1 and #3 are my favourites, I think. I love that in #3 the head is sharp and the body blurs out of the field of focus. Funny story: While I was still staring at #1, I made firefox fullscreen and turned my laptop around to show my wife. She physically jerked in her seat with amazement! You see, we have a 5 month old Bengal kitten and without the normal Firefox buttons and headers she thought for a moment that I was showing her a photo I had taken of little Corbett. To help you share the fun, I went back through my photos and took this crop of our kitten... 
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by Bindii on Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:12 am
Big V wrote:Nice colours with these Bindi, can I ask why you selected the nose and not the eyes as the focal point?
Oh I did take quite a few with the eye's as the focal point but I wanted to try something different and the detail on their noses fascinated me.. yes I'm easily amused.. *sigh* Also it was very hot and a lot of the tigers just wanted to sleep so their eye's were closed... I should have posted more eye's open shots maybe... latch wrote:WOW! Funny story: While I was still staring at #1, I made firefox fullscreen and turned my laptop around to show my wife. She physically jerked in her seat with amazement! You see, we have a 5 month old Bengal kitten and without the normal Firefox buttons and headers she thought for a moment that I was showing her a photo I had taken of little Corbett. To help you share the fun, I went back through my photos and took this crop of our kitten...
Oh wow I certainly can see the similarities there! Thats almost spooky! and thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! The last thing I want to do is hurt you... but it's still on the list...
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by Catcha on Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:00 pm
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by Pehpsi on Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:54 am
So very beautiful........
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by norbs on Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:41 am
False advertising, you clearly have jeans on!
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by Killakoala on Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:10 pm
Where's the pussy. All I see is a ferocious man-eating beast and a tiger. I would be proud if I could take Tiger photos like that Sue. Steve. |D700| D2H | F5 | 70-200VR | 85 1.4 | 50 1.4 | 28-70 | 10.5 | 12-24 | SB800 |Website-> http://www.stevekilburn.comLeeds United for promotion in 2014 - Hurrah!!!
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