hawks and cougars

Just got some shots with a Tamron 200-500 f5-6.3 and a 300 f4 L IS USM. Taken at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum. Can you tell the lenses apart?
 

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Cougar in Tucson, AZ

Canon 40D - Canon EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM at 300mm

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The one I took was true to the time of day which was right before dusk so it had a little red from the Arizona sky. I did some minor post: cropped to better set the cat where I wanted him, slightly brighten the scene as it was in partial shade, added a little saturation to heighten the colors and de-emphasized the background immediately above the cougar.
 
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AnselA said:
The one I took was true to the time of day which was right before dusk so it had a little red from the Arizona sky. I did some minor post: cropped to better set the cat where I wanted him, slightly brighten the scene as it was in partial shade, added a little saturation to heighten the colors and de-emphasized the background immediately above the cougar.

Mine are straight from the camera, uneditted, using Tamron 200-500 on all my cougar shots around 8:20am. So lots of factors there why. Makes sense, thank you. Do you live here in Tucson?
 
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Tucson resident here - long time member of both Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and Reid Park Zoo (where I am a docent). Here are a couple puma shots with 5D2 - a daytime one that I think was with 300 f/4L and a night shot that I think was with 80-200 f/2.8L. As I am sure you both know, they stay open until 10pm on summer Saturdays. Both shots are unedited camera jpegs (only change was downsizing file).
 

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