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24 Comments |
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 February 23, 2015
This is amazing ")
jameshutcheon
 
jameshutcheon February 26, 2015
Thank you.
conniestahl Platinum
 
conniestahl April 14, 2015
Your work is incredible!
juliedrummond
 
juliedrummond April 14, 2015
Stunning, congrats!
robynlesley
 
robynlesley April 22, 2015
Congratulations. WOW!!!
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 May 01, 2015
Gorgeous capture! Congrats on being a finalist!
MelissaSword
 
MelissaSword May 23, 2015
Amazingly beautiful photo! Great detail.
KeithBannerman Ultimate
 
KeithBannerman July 16, 2015
good shot
nandicmb
 
nandicmb August 30, 2015
Congratulations for winning the "Animals Are Beautiful" Photo Contest
carrie00813 Ultimate
 
carrie00813 August 30, 2015
This capture is beyond words. Congratulations on the Grand Jury win, it is well deserved!
cmorisset PRO+
 
cmorisset August 30, 2015
Simply beautiful capture. Congrats!
CWphotos5
 
CWphotos5 August 30, 2015
Gorgeous details...a unique in-your-face capture! Congratulations!
GBloniarz
 
GBloniarz August 30, 2015
Superb and impressive alright but wish I had an understanding of what the distract is it between front legs and under the chin?? Edit omission? Congrats, however!
jvillainc Platinum
 
jvillainc August 30, 2015
Well James - congratulations - you photoked a winner - good for you - beautiful!
Cheever2
 
Cheever2 August 30, 2015
Congratulations! Dynamic photo.
Geesdigital
 
Geesdigital August 30, 2015
Congratulations!
vsidles Platinum
 
vsidles August 31, 2015
Congratulations on your win, James! Fantastic shot!
kdooley PRO+
 
kdooley August 31, 2015
Hi. Where was this image taken?
tom100D
 
tom100D August 31, 2015
Amazing
nina050
 
nina050 August 31, 2015
Fantastic capture! Congrats!
SaintMarino
 
SaintMarino August 31, 2015
Congratulations...fantastic capture and a very deserving win!!!
gbrookshaw
 
gbrookshaw September 06, 2015
Like the composition!
sarahlharden
 
sarahlharden September 30, 2015
Beautiful!
Wanderlust_Shutterbug
 
Wanderlust_Shutterbug March 07, 2016
Awesome shot

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was "captured" (sorry) at Edinburgh Zoo, on a family day out. When I say a family day out, I mean that my family may have been there somewhere, but if I have a camera with me, then I am guilty as charged of not paying them enough attention!

Time

This was just before feeding time, and he was getting a little peckish, I think

Lighting

Natural daylight for this, the difficulty was in cutting out glare, as it was shot through extremely thick, grubby, smudged plexiglass. A nightmare to process.

Equipment

This was shot handheld through the perspex with my Canon 7d and an old Manual Auto Chinon 135mm f2.8 lens lens. Real cutting edge stuff.

Inspiration

The Jaguar has to be one of the most majestic of creatures and one of my favourite animals. I would love to have the opportunity to see one in the wild, but as yet, this is as close as I've been able to get, so it'll do for now.

Editing

The post processing on this was mostly done in Lightroom, dodging & burning, with photoshop used to clone out the glare and smudge marks from the perspex screen,of which there were more than I would have liked.

In my camera bag

My Canon 7d, which has had a 2nd lease of life through Magic Lantern firmware......Canon/Nikon etc. take note, they provide the features that should be built in already. 18-55mm kit lens, nifty 50mm 1.8, A Sigma 10-20mm, and Canon 75-300mm is. All boringly cheap and cheerful stuff, really. I'd love to afford some better gear, but the kids have to eat. :0) I also have a Fuji X-Pro1 with 18-55mm f2.8-4 which I love and will be looking to change to Fuji as soon as possible. I love the Fuji colours and look. I did have an S2 Pro, then an S5 Pro, which was stolen and I did miss it, but the x-Pro 1 has more than made up for that. The jpegs straight out of camera are great & I just shot my first wedding entirely with it.

Feedback

Just go out and shoot as much as you can, whether it moves, or not. I'm not a wildlife photographer, but look for patterns in an animal's movement, try to pre-empt them and be ready when the opportunity presents itself. They won't wait for you! P.S. Take the lens cap off.

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