A Love Story

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 9, 2010316 views13 comments

Actually, it's not a love story but body language seems to suggest it.

These are young sisters playing together.
I happened to focus this manually, as f 4.5 lens doesn't auto focus with convertor.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 30D; 500mm; 1.4x; ISO 200; 1/400 sec. at f 6.5
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by James Campbell on November 9, 2010 at 10:45 AM

A lovely moment captured here Jagdeep.

and the long grass makes a pretty cool setting

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on November 9, 2010 at 7:42 PM

Great job, Great photo. Love the action, detail, colors, and composition.

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

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on November 9, 2010 at 8:22 PM

This is terrrific, Jagdeep.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 10, 2010 at 12:04 AM

Superb moment captured, Jagdeep! If these are sisters, I wonder how they would treat strangers!

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Comment posted by Richard Tomalty on November 10, 2010 at 7:16 AM

Great photo. I am impressed by the size of the paw. Love the expression on the tiger on the left. Nice job.
RickT

Registered on October 11, 2006, 212 Posts, 1610 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 10, 2010 at 9:11 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

Well, you seemed to manage just fine without autofocus here! I really like the expression of the cat on the left and those massive paws are quite impressive! My only (very minor) nit is the out-of-focus clump of grasses in the lower left corner that slightly overlap the legs and belly of the cat on the left (but this certainly does NOT hamper the shot much at all).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on November 10, 2010 at 10:01 AM

Great image Jagdeep, love the interactoin/pose you've captured here, and you seem to manage very well without AF! (sigma 500mm f4.5 I'm guessing?). Supebr image!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 10, 2010 at 12:33 PM

Great action shot. It would have been even better if both tigers were looking at the camera, but I know from experience that when two young animals are playing it is sometimes almost impossible to catch them both looking at the camera.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 10, 2010 at 1:06 PM

Awesome frame Jagdeep!

Great work focusing this action manually. The grasses in the BG make a great backdrop that fits so well with the tiger's camouflage. A pity about the OOF greenish grasses in the FG on the left, but that is forgivable.

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

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 11, 2010 at 7:25 AM

Thanks friends!
Jorne, this 500 f 4.5 is older version of present Canon L series 500 mm f4.
Jagdeep Rajput

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

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on November 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM

The look on the face of the left tiger so reminds me of the look my cat could give me when I was holding his favorite toy a few feet away from him, just before he would jump and totally kill it.

Great shot, love the habitat.

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Comment posted by kiran khanzode on November 12, 2010 at 11:21 AM

Too good, what a great moment, that too with MF. Light is great too !

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on November 14, 2010 at 4:39 PM

i like the sight of the left one. they are playng but their nails are half out ...

cheers, Luca

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