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Some of you may remember that I found out about a big cat refuge just north of Dallas called, "Pug Mark Park". Pug Mark allows photographers to pay $50 and come out on a Saturday morning to photograph their cats. They have a rescued female lion named Sugar, and 3 rescued Siberian Tigers (Rocky, Sheba, and Pookie). This past Saturday was my second visit to this park and it was amazing. I've only just begun to do the post processing of the photos that I took (I shot over 300 images in the 2 hours I was there), but here are some of my early favs....


This is Sugar



This is Sheba



This is Pookie


Thoughts?

no words...

no words...

Ummmm.... is that good?

Pookie seems to be the most photogenic one of the lot, based on these and the pics from before.

Yeah, Pookie has gorgeous eyes. They're so cute and cuddly!

She'd still eat your heart out. Those eyes would be the last thing you'd see.

One thing that I learned very clearly during my time with these cats is that they are still dangerous predators. You could actually see them go from being playful one moment to wanting to attack you the next. I gained a whole new level of respect for these cats.

Porsche would make a nice meal for them.

"snicker"

They're all excellent pics, and I couldn't pick one as more photogenic over another.

But yeah, they are still predators.

Here are a few more that have made it through post-processing. Have y'all gotten the idea yet that I LOVE shooting big cats?

Anyways.... my personal favorite is the last one.












Any thoughts on what could be done better on these? I've tried a new post-processing technique with regards to curves adjustments in Photoshop.

I for one, welcome our new feline overlords

the first one of the last set actually made me yawn too =)

#2 lacks a little something. Contrast, crispness, something.

Love the look on #4 (next to last).

Perhaps #4 sees a steak in the nearby tree?