Purrr

This beauty is known as Boris. His mate, Kia, chases him all over their environment at Portland's Zoo.

Beautiful both subject and image

Since I'm not limited by ISO choices this gives me a lot of latitude for depth of field and shutter speed. The 70-300mm lens I used today tends to get soft at 300mm unless I keep the lens at F/8 or F/11. Also, without Vibration Reduction on this lens I need to shoot at no less that 1/300" to assure a sharp shot. Not an issue here since I could brace myself against the PlexiGlas viewing window. I've gotten used to the idiosyncrasies of this great $115 Nikon lens. Using this FX lens on my DX D7000 body increases the lens' practical focal range from 70-300 to 105-450mm.

Beautiful subject, there is not even a hint of a captive shot. Was this taken through glass, or through wire! I love visiting any kind of animal centre zoo, I really like the detail on the fur, those little odd white hairs popping up from the spots.The kitty looks quite serene


cheers Marion

This was taken through PlexiGlas.

Stunning

Great shot.