On the move

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 8, 2010146 views10 comments

This was a lucky shot. The tiger was walking at a regular pace into the woodland away from the track. I stopped the jeep, grabbed my camera, and followed him with it. This is what I got.

D70, 200-400VR, ISO 200, f/4, 1/6, hand held, 80% of FF.

C&C welcome.

I appreciate all the C&C on my prior postings. Thank you!

Butch

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on August 9, 2010 at 7:30 AM

Excellent capture ! You have done exceptionally well at the shutter speed of 1/6. I feel you can further enhance the effect with some selective burning.
Jagdeep Rajput

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

Comment posted by Brad Hill on August 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM

Hey Butch,

Nice "lucky grab". I particularly like the colour palette of this shot and how the blurred areas work so well (colour-wise) with the subject. In a perfect world I can think of two things that I think would have improved this shot - a lower shooting angle (I know it wasn't likely possible here), and perhaps that front right leg swinging forward (and blurred) to imply a little more forward motion. But...these truly are "perfect world" wishes - I totally understand this was a quick grab and you did produce a compelling shot with little or no time to prepare. Well done!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Ron Richins on August 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM

I like what you've done here. I think you did an excellent job capturing the motion.

Registered on March 6, 2008, 113 Posts, 1009 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on August 9, 2010 at 1:19 PM

Hey Butch, you disappoint me saying this was a lucky shot; I saw this on your website and thought you had intentionally planned and executed this very well.

No just pulling your leg, we all need to be lucky now and then and motion blur images in particular are hard to pull off successfully. I do appreciate your total honesty though! As you may have gathered, i like this a lot, to me it has a lot that a perfect motion blur image should have; the subject should be clearly identifiable, there should be enough blur to imply motion (whether from the BG or the subject, whichever is moving) and the image should be eye-catching. Well done or should I say lucky you.

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

Comment posted by Scott Anderson on August 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM

This is a cool shot, especially since it wasn't planned. I wish the front legs were moving forward to really emphasize that the tiger was moving.

Registered on July 1, 2009, 30 Posts, 181 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM

This is AWESOME!!! One in a million, excellent image Butch

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on August 9, 2010 at 2:52 PM

Flawless

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM

The implied blur is great here as these animals can move so quick and I image you only see a flash of them in the forest. Well done.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Mervyn Dublin on August 12, 2010 at 5:47 AM

Nice, where is this?..

Registered on September 23, 2009, 42 Posts, 110 Comments

Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 16, 2010 at 1:02 PM

I just saw this on your website and loved it immediately! Great motion effect but enough sharpness in the image. Perfect!

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments