felid

Waiting for those little moments of expression while felids are resting is tedious but rewarding.

Reka is always twitching her ears, which is really fun to capture.

Always love when I get the opportunity to show how long the canines of felids are.

This was captured right after the zoo opened, the only time throughout the entire visit that she was active. I was very lucky to be where I was at the time.

This photo kind of shows how small Ingozi is for a male. He is a little further back, but still. He doesn't seem aware of this, however.

Cabara being lazy, as lions do.

This should be the last of my back catalog photos for a while. I have a couple I need to edit that I might upload here and there but from now on pretty much everything I put out will be from this year.

This was taken so long ago. I remember noticing how peaceful it looked with the cheetah laying in the flowers. Probably a moment I could do more justice now, but I think I did a sufficient job capturing it.

I love how I was able to capture this at just the right moment so he looks like he's scowling. This shot always makes me think of Scar from The Lion King.

The idea behind this one is pretty simple. I wanted to show the thorns complimenting the cheetah's fangs. While the execution could be better I still think its pretty effective.

Ingozi being a show-off as always.

Definitely one of those picture perfect moments, so I'm glad I was there to capture it, even if my photography skills at the time weren't what they are now.

I was really proud of this one at the time. Its definitely a cool idea for a photo and I'm happy I was able to capture the moment, but definitely shows that its some of my older work. Still though, I think its worth sharing, even though it isn't perfect.

This photo always felt like a senior picture. I have no idea why but that's what I always think of when I look at it.

This and my tiger photo are the first additions to this facility's gallery in a while. Shooting here was very tricky, but it was a good learning experience that a zoo photo doesn't have to look completely natural to be of value, which was a mindset I was very much stuck in at the time.

I do not have a lot of photos from here that are worth sharing, as the enclosures gave me little to work with, but I really like what I did with this one. The lines created by the bars and their shadows look really cool and compliment the stripes really well, I think.

I liked this shot because it gives a good sense of how the enclosure is and you can see how lush it is. I definitely think the lions have the best exhibit of this complex, at least from a visual standpoint.

This ended up being a really short visit and it was really crowded (it was about 75 degrees in December) so literally this and the other jaguar photo are the only photos I took that day that I feel are worth putting here.

One of the few times I actually utilized the fence as a composition element rather than desperately avoiding having it in the frame. I believe this individual had some kind of condition, because it was cross-eyed (as you can see) and was trembling. I don't have any information about it, though.