Wild Characters

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 19, 2009953 views17 comments

Two Sisters - who were born in one of the best nature reserves of India called Ranthambhore National Park. They have one more sister who was coming behind them so didn't show up in this frame

These two are quite different characters than each other and if you look at their faces you can feel it yourself ... the one from left is the most dominant and caring among the three and her confidence shows on her face .. but the other one is not so confident and quite skeptic about humans and their weird machines and it shows on her face too

These sweet girls gifted us (me and my wife Supriya) one of the most magical evenings of our lives ... it was Valentine's Day 14th Feb 2008 and it became the most memorable valentine's day we can ever have

EXIF

Canon 40D
Canon 300 f2.8 + Canon 2x TC

f5.6
1/60 sec
ISO 400
Aperture priority
-0.3 Exp Comp (Center Weighted)

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on March 19, 2009 at 8:30 AM

Beautiful tones and a great mood. The oranges look slightly over saturated to me, and I might be tempted to crop off a slice from the left, but this is really nice.

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 19, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Wonderfull scene and well captured! Like Marsel said the mood is great! My only nit would be that your background seems a little too noisy at the moment, it detracts the attention a little away fromt hese beautiful subjects.

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM

I really like the frame, the setting and the Tigers too, but find there heavu use of H/S, which is affecting the contrast.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Billy Fairburn on March 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM

I agree, very moody image, I love the different expressions. Seems a bit noisy for iso 400 not sure why that is.

Very nice shot

Registered on March 3, 2007, 123 Posts, 717 Comments

Comment posted by Subharghya Das on March 19, 2009 at 2:19 PM

Hi Marsel .. Jorne .. Jagdeep and Billy - Thanks for your appreciation and views ... I too feel that I should have applied noise reduction even more strongly ... about colors I would say that I did boosted the saturation a bit bcos the light was so low that the tigers were not standing out from the bg much ... may be little less saturation too would have done well ... Thanks again for your honest views

Registered on March 18, 2009, 26 Posts, 195 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM

Hi Subharghya, welcome to the Fauna Gallery!

And what a beautiful image to start with. I really like this. To me it looks as if they had you and your wife in their minds served on a hot plate!

The centre framing working very well with the almost symmetrical poses of the these magnificent cats. The dark environment also offsets them nicely. Those eyes are so clear and have nice catchlight. A larger version would have shown this even better. Maybe Marsel is right about the saturation, but hard to verify for me on my laptop screen now. I agree with Billy that the BG looks niosy, maybe this is the result of jpeg compression rather than ISO.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 19, 2009 at 3:20 PM

I understand that this was taken in low light situation, but maybe you could experiment with adding a touch of brightness to the overall image. I, too, think a minor crop on the left would enhance. I love the postures and the sweep of grass stem between them and the good eye contact.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on March 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM

This was definitely a treat indeed. Better than chocolate for Valentines Day. I can't think of anything to add to what has already been said about a critique so I will just say that this is a nice shot. Thanks for sharing!!

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 20, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Hi Subharghya,

Welcome to the NPN Fauna Gallery - this is an excellent first post - congratulations. Most of my comments about this image have been covered by the others, so I'll simply take this opportunity to tell you this is very good first post and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future. Thanks for taking the time to include the detailed technical specs - it helps the commenters a lot when they make their comments, and can definitely improve the quality of the feedback you get...

Cheers...looking forward to your next post...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 24, 2009 at 8:02 AM

This was not only a terrific first post Subharghya, I also considered this the most interesting Fauna Gallery post of last week, hence the choice for the EP. This is a very artistic wildlife photo that undoubtedly will look great in large print on any wall. Congratulations.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Subharghya Das on March 24, 2009 at 10:05 AM

Hi Vincent and Brad and also All the Admins ... I am really humbled by your choice of this image in weekly EP ... I never expected this so A BIG THANKS to YOU GUYS

Registered on March 18, 2009, 26 Posts, 195 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 24, 2009 at 2:16 PM

Thanks for the story as well as this fantastic image! Well worthy of an EP.

The grass slanting up between the tigers is a reminiscent stroke of their whiskers. The way you describe them looks right on. Just excellent.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on March 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM

This is incredible, a truly beautiful, powerful and dynamic image. I agree with Marsel about a slight crop on the right, I can't judge the colors accurately on my crappy laptop, but boy is this wonderful!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on March 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Gorgeous photo to compliment these two beautiful creatues. Excellent work here, Subharghya.

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on March 26, 2009 at 8:31 AM

Great capture. Congratulations.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on March 27, 2009 at 2:52 AM

Fantastic image. agree with Marsel, slight crop from left. very well captured

Registered on April 7, 2008, 77 Posts, 357 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 26, 2009 at 12:52 PM

Sounds like a Valentines day you'll not soon forget.
Thanx for sharing this beautiful pair..
Nicely done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments