Male Tiger head on

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 9, 2010244 views10 comments

His name is Kallu, 3 1/2 yrs old son of famous B2 & Mirchani Tigress of Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

EXIF:

Nikon D700 + 200-400 f/4 ED G VR
ISO 1600, f/7.1, 1/200sec, 0 +/- 250mm.

Thank you all for your comments & Critiques.

Warm regards
Upjeet Singh

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 9, 2010 at 9:29 AM

This is a beautifully exposed tiger. I like the uplifted paw, the detail and the dead center, coming-right-at-you pose. It is too bad he chose to walk in the vehicle tracks, but you made the best of it by using the curve of the road as composition aid. Nice job.

Welcome to NPN. I look forward to your future postings and to reading your comments on the postings of others!

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

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on May 9, 2010 at 10:14 AM

Upjeet, this is a very stunning photo. Your DOF, focus and exposure is just perfect. A terrific first post and I can't wait to see more of your images.

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by kiran khanzode on May 9, 2010 at 10:48 AM

A very clean frame for iso 1600, well done !

Registered on February 21, 2009, 83 Posts, 428 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 9, 2010 at 12:12 PM

Hi Upjeet !
Welcome to NPN ! The look and the gait of the Tiger is impressive ! I may prefer to crop some of the foreground.
Jagdeep Rajput

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

Comment posted by Rick Gomez on May 9, 2010 at 12:51 PM

Fantastic Image! Welcome to NPN!

Registered on March 3, 2007, 206 Posts, 1853 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on May 9, 2010 at 5:04 PM

Hello Upjeet,
Nice image! I'll look forward to many more.
Everything leads of to the Tiger. I count at least six lines that lead to or terminate at the cat. A crop of as much as the top 1/4 +/- ) works for me when I scroll the image off the top of my screen. Doing that gives me a sense of a lower camera angle and a climbing right turn to the roadway making it look like he's coming down hill.
Stunning Animal and, it would appear, he wasn't finished with the shoot yet.

Thanks for sharing, or starting us on, this one.

Neil

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

Comment posted by Upjeet Singh on May 10, 2010 at 8:34 AM

Hi Friends, Thank you all for for your honest comments and critiques, I will make the necessary changes and re-post.

Regards
Upjeet

Registered on May 8, 2010, 50 Posts, 55 Comments

Comment posted by Subharghya Das on May 10, 2010 at 9:41 AM

Hi Upjeet

Gr8 to see you here :) .. A Beautiful image to start with .. Love the eye contact and head-on pose with a raised paw ! Lovely Capture

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

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM

Hi Upjeet and welcome to NPN.

They sure keep good records there in Bandhavgarh National Park; each time I see a tiger post from there I am surprised individual, age, parents and social security number are known! Probably because there are so few left and are therefore so strictly monitored.
I like the head on view and the intense look in this magnificent animal's eye. Personally I am not too fond of rods in wildlife images, but here is does sort of 'work'. Great first post and I am looking forward to seeing more of you work here.

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

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on May 12, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Superb image, Upjeet! I am surprised about the comments about the inadvisability of including roads, but it is well known that tigers use roads for moving around in their territories, and I personally have no issues on this note.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments