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Kyndelfire — Fierce
Published: 2006-08-02 00:54:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1737; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 56
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adj. Savage or threatening in appearance.This tiger was such a grouch the day my Mommy, ~Iknowscrap , and I saw him at the West Coast Game Park in Bandon, OR. When I first tried to get cloes to the enclosure for a shot of him, he growled at me. Pretty ferocious sound, let me tell you. My Mommy didn't get off so easy, he pounced the fence trying to get at her. We both kept our distance after that. I was able to get this shot though. He was on the defensive scraming at the female tiger he shared the enclosure with. She'd just playfully pounced him, apparently he didn't want to play. It was pretty funny watching the female play pounce though...she wiggled her hind end right before pouncing, just like my house cat does.
Technical Info:
Film: 200 speed colour negative (scan from print)
Lens: 35-105 zoom, zoomed all the way in
Shutter speed/F-stop: Approx. 1/125 at f-5.6
Lighting Conditions: Mid morning, overcast
Post Processing: Photoshop for levels adjustments, dedusting, and border.
Note: I've noticed with these shots of the tigers, and I'm a little miffed by it, that colours aren't as vivid when they make the change from a .tiff file to a .jpeg. Does anyone know of a way to correct this, other than working in the jpeg format?
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Comments: 33
He was growling at another tiger in the pen.
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Hey there, I was wondering if I could use this pic as reference for a drawing. I'll credit it to you, of course.
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Go right ahead. And please, send me a link when you are finished. I'd love to see.
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No promblem, I'll note you when I'm finished and thank you for letting me using your pic. (some deviant users are VERY picky about this kind of stuff)
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Thank you very much! And thank you for the 
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Whoa, yikes! Awesome shot! You were definitely in the right place at the right time! It's awesome. ^_^
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Thank you very much, and thank you for the
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Wow! It's awesome! Tigers are so cool like that. Wild and untamable!
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Fierce indeed! What big teeth he has! and the look in those eyes (well, technically 'eye' but you know what I mean). Wow!
I've heard those sounds before...the tigers at our zoo "play" loudly too.
Great capture by the way.
Katherine told me that saving things in .png is better than jpeg I haven't tried it yet.
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Thank you!
I'll have to give .png's a shot. I haven't fiddled with them. I that means I'll have to upload a preview image as well, but I don't mind if it'll help preserve colour. 
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thats angry emotion is captured so well in his face. its such agreat shot. I love it!
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do not feed the tigers. and stay away from the cage. he looks way too hungry and mad. wonderful capture of his anger and fierceness.
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Definitely fierce looking. Scared me pretty good that day.
Love the picture!
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heeheehee...he was kinda scary, but so pretty. ^_^ It was so fun at that park.
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WHat a grump.
I love the picture though.
His teeth are scary.
Good stuff.
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He was definately a grump!
Thank you!
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aww i want to hug it and give it lovins and itll bite my arm off and ill all be like " awww its eating me arm, so cute!" 
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wow.. gorgeous tiger... I would have been scared if that happened to me...
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Thank you very much.
My Mommy was pretty nervous around him after that, but I couldn't get enough of him. He was so wild and energetic. It was amazing to watching him move and hear sounds that you don't normally get to experience in a zoo setting.
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