Photo of the Month 01/10

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 10, 20093,318 views47 comments

Tiger in the Ramganga River

After sharing two of the very old Tiger pictures, I'm pleased to share one of my latest Tiger shots. It was shot in the Corbett National Park.
Most of the places, Tigers are traced by guides, trackers, mahouts etc. and then one is taken there to watch them. But it is different in Corbett, here one has to find his own Tiger and Tiger too is different from other places, It is more raw and more wild.
Thanking you for your kind attention & views !
Canon 50D, 500mm, ISO 800, 1/200 sec at F 4.5
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

47 comments

Comment posted by James Campbell on December 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM

This is quite stunning, Jagdeep

The stare is great and the soft, subtle light works really well.. I especially like the water detail on the left of the frame.

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on December 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM

Hello Jagdeep,
Another stunning Tiger shot!
No nits from me.
Thanks for sharing this experience!
Neil

Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on December 10, 2009 at 1:31 PM

Great picture! Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 26, 2009, 131 Posts, 554 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on December 10, 2009 at 1:41 PM

This is really beautiful. Great eye contact and setting. It also looks great cropping off the high light at the top and turning it into a pano. (Did this by just scrolling up to see what it might look like). Beautiful Shot.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 10, 2009 at 3:02 PM

This is a wonderful image. Congratulations for such a spectacular capture. I especially appreciate the flat water behind and the disturbed water around the tiger. The shoreline angling away creates a composition that opens up into the distance in a real pleasing manner. Colors and detail look excellent and the few rocks and sticks in the water add depth. Again, wonderful.

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on December 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM

absolute beauty ! I am left speechless.

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Comment posted by Carl Donohue on December 10, 2009 at 3:10 PM

Hey Jagdeep

Stunning - this is one of the most beautiful tiger shots I've seen.

Cheers

Carl

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Comment posted by Paulo A.Lopes on December 10, 2009 at 3:18 PM

Very nice image.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on December 10, 2009 at 5:12 PM

Fabulous tiger shot Jagdeep! I agree with Keith's pano suggestion.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 10, 2009 at 8:13 PM

Wonderful shot. Congrat

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on December 10, 2009 at 8:34 PM

Super shot, Jagdeep. I love the capture of the tiger in the water. I also like the colors, the detail, and the pose.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Pramod Viswanath on December 10, 2009 at 10:28 PM

This is fantastic image Jagdeep. Love the look and eyes! Tigers of Corbett are so very different indeed. Love this image!

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Comment posted by Nilanjan Das on December 10, 2009 at 11:13 PM

Seeing a tiger in Corbett truly means something else :).

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on December 11, 2009 at 3:19 AM

Can't get better than this...like the way this image shows the habitat...and the stare is mesmerizing too...

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 11, 2009 at 5:07 AM

Jagdeep, this is a very appealing image. IMO your chosen shallow DOF works perfect here. it focuses all the attention on the beautiful tiger whilst still putting the animal in an attractive habitat setting.Not that I am suggesting any cloning here, but IMO the rock and twig in the FG left of the frame is a bit distracting, in other words the image would be even better without. The bigger branch on the right on the other hand is not a distraction at all and 'fits' and creates a border element on the right. The slight pano is well chosen, but IMO more pano would loose the sense of habitat, which is what make the image so appealing to me.

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on December 11, 2009 at 8:48 AM

Jagdeep, your tiger pictures are always great , nice details and comp.

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 11, 2009 at 9:47 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

Very, very nice. I like the shallow depth of field here - very nice balance of having enough visible detail in the background to create the scene, yet leaving it soft enough so that the 'focus contrast" in the scene really draws the eye to the tiger (which is, of course, assisted by the colour of the tiger). If I was forced to come up with something to change (and change is NOT needed in this fine photo), I would say that for my taste positioning the tiger slightly more (and I do mean slightly) to the left might be a minor improvement. But we're definitely talking about "in a perfect world" stuff here, and this is a true personal preference issue and many would disagree with my idea of perfection!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 11, 2009 at 9:47 AM

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 11, 2009 at 11:31 AM

Wow, what an excellent shot. Wonderful detail on the tiger and I like the choice of showing some habitat with the pano composition. Very well done, a pleasure to view.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Julia Flanagan on December 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM

What a good looking animal captured so well in its habitat. I agree with all the positives everyone has already expressed. The simplicity of the bg is very good, but not too simple with the rock outcrops and smooth water - lovely!

Registered on November 13, 2003, 59 Posts, 986 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on December 12, 2009 at 4:12 AM

Fabulous shot! The clarity of the tiger is brilliant. Love the scene of its surrounding habitat in soft focus. Wow, nice work! Being in that park must be quite a thrill.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on December 12, 2009 at 5:45 AM

Thanks alot friends ! I'm touched !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Joe James on December 12, 2009 at 9:28 AM

Beautiful photo of a beautiful animal the way they were meant to be seen...wild and free. Thanks so much for sharing your Tiger photos, this one is truly a gem.

Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Green on December 12, 2009 at 2:11 PM

I have seen some fantastic images of Tigers over the years Jagdeep but when I opened your image I just shouted out W

W this is one of the very best I have seen and I just love the look it has given you and the setting it is in, I really take my hat off to you for this image truely remarkable, fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Danny

PS Just realised that this image was taken in Corbett national park which makes it even more remarkable, man this is sooooooooooo good.

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Comment posted by Mike Bonar on December 12, 2009 at 7:42 PM

Amazing photo! The eyes are captivating! Thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on December 14, 2009 at 7:30 AM

Awesome shot Jagdeep, one of your best tiger shots ever. My only nit is that you went a bit too far with the brightening of the eyes - they look unnaturally light now. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on December 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM

Thanks Marsel !
But I'm afraid, I didn't do anything at all to the eyes, in fact sun was setting at a low angle right behind me, which resulted in the beaming eyes.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by May Haga on December 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Stunning image, Jagdeep. Well deserved Weekly Pick.
May

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on December 15, 2009 at 1:40 PM

Jagdeep - in that case I'd tone down the brightness of the eyes a bit. Sometimes even nature can look unnatural.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 15, 2009 at 2:15 PM

Congrats in the EP Jagdeep!!! This is a beauty!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Craig Jones on December 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM

Beautiful image in beautiful settings Jagdeep,stunning, I love Tigers and oneday hope to come to India to photography them, well done

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Comment posted by David Cobb on December 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM

Wonderful in all respects Jagdeep, congrats on the EP!

David M. Cobb

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Comment posted by Kirk Greene on December 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM

I missed this originally so I'm happy it won the EP! Congrats!!

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on December 15, 2009 at 9:57 PM

Great shot of a beautiful animal. Wonderful comp and I like the ripples in the water around the tiger. Congrats on the EP!

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on December 16, 2009 at 1:03 PM

one of your best

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM

Well done, Jagdeep. This is an awesome image, not only in subject matter, but in it's execution. Congrats on the EP, as well.

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Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on December 17, 2009 at 2:51 AM

whoa! just awesome, Jagdeep!
georg

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on December 17, 2009 at 11:54 PM

Congrats, Jagdeep, on a fabulous image of a male in prime in one of its prime habitats, and on the EP!

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Comment posted by mark cillo on December 18, 2009 at 12:08 PM

That is an amazing sight!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 22, 2009 at 2:34 PM

Outstanding photo! What an experience this must have been.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on January 2, 2010 at 8:14 PM

WOW, what a beautiful image, Jagdeep, and congratulations on your cover selection

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on January 3, 2010 at 11:02 PM

Congrats on the photo of the month pick!

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Comment posted by Murali Santhanam on January 4, 2010 at 12:32 AM

Congratulations Jagdeep. This is a phenomenal picture. It is such a relief to see a tiger in the pond rather than hiding amongst grass. The contrast is simply terrific.

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Comment posted by Scott Anderson on January 7, 2010 at 12:27 PM

Fantastic shot! The tiger's sharpness contrasts so well with the glossy lake that this almost looks 3D. And having him stare right at you just makes this shot perfect.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 15, 2010 at 6:15 PM

Amazing photo. Congratulations on the photo of the month

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Comment posted by Colin Pickett on January 18, 2010 at 4:58 PM

It's all been said Jagdeep superb image, great work.

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on March 8, 2010 at 9:02 AM

Wow, what a picture! Those eyes look like their lit up. I got excited about my foxes last summer, I can't imagine what it would be like to have something like this in my viewfinder. My heart almost pounds just thinking about.

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