Clouded Leopard

Jackwow · 7 Jun 2013

Very difficult to get a decent pic as they were up high at the back of a very dark enclosure and as with Leopard Cat had to shoot through small side mesh. Bumped the ISO as high as possible but was so dark that I didn\'t realise there were two of them until I viewed the image! Unfortunately couldn\'t get a better angle to get them both in. :-(

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vogelcommando · 7 Jun 2013

Even so it's a nice picture. Do you know if the Chiang Mai Night Safari has had any breeding-results with them ?

Arizona Docent · 7 Jun 2013

Pretty good shot and good job at getting them in focus. If it is as dark as you describe, I assume the autofocus did not work and I know from experience it is really difficult manually focusing in low light like this.

devilfish · 7 Jun 2013

Great shot! I know exactly the position you mean - an amazing feat to get such a great photo.

Jackwow · 8 Jun 2013

Arizona Docent said:
Pretty good shot and good job at getting them in focus. If it is as dark as you describe, I assume the autofocus did not work and I know from experience it is really difficult manually focusing in low light like this.

The autofocus did work, just, but struggled badly. The pic doesn't reflect how dark it really was, presumably due to the high ISO. I should probably have swapped bodies, i.e., 6D for 7D as the 6D has much better high ISO capability than the 7D and can focus better in low light, however I would then have lost the reach of the 7D due to the 1.6x crop factor!

Jackwow · 8 Jun 2013

devilfish said:
Great shot! I know exactly the position you mean - an amazing feat to get such a great photo.

Thanks devilfish, not sure about it being an "amazing feat" though!

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