Thirsty Tiger

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 29, 2011567 views13 comments

Shot in very low light, late evening, before the park closed.

D 70; 70-200 VR; ISO 800; f2.8; SS 1/80; hand held

This photo, and two others, were published in the June 2009 issue of Outdoor Photographer, as part of an article called "The Quest for Tigers" http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/locations/north-america/the-quest-for-tigers.html

C & C welcome.

Thank you.

Butch

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on June 29, 2011 at 12:17 PM

Cool shot! I like how you can see part of his reflection in the water. For having such a low shutter speed and ISO 800 hand held, it still turned out really good!

Congrats on having your images in Outdoor Photographer!

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Comment posted by mark cillo on June 29, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Beautiful sight! I do wish for more of a reflection but great as is.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 29, 2011 at 1:47 PM

Nice work. Thanks!

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on June 29, 2011 at 2:01 PM

Terrific image butch ! I actually like the muted colours of the late evening. Congrats to outdoor photographer for having these tiger pics on their pages

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 29, 2011 at 3:42 PM

Hi Butch,

Congrats on your success with this image. Those eyes are really compelling (tho' they make me wonder if that cat doesn't care about what the heck it's drinking!!) and the inclusion of the out-stretched tongue adds to the image.

Perhaps my eyes are out of whack a little, but it looks to me like this image could use a slight CCW rotation (I'm guessing about 1˚?) - even after "accommodating" for the angled shoreline it looks to me like this stream is going quite "downhill".

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on June 29, 2011 at 9:53 PM

Compelling image !!! The eyes are really captivating.
I agree with Brad on rotation and you could boost the saturation here.
Congrats for Outdoor Photographer
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on June 30, 2011 at 12:26 AM

A beauty Butch!

The low angle is key in the success of this image and I am surprised to see you shot this with a 70-200; you must have been fairly close! Congrats.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 30, 2011 at 8:33 AM

A truly great image Butch! Love the gaze, pose and details. It does look a little 'washed out' in terms of colour, perhaps a slight saturation adjustment needed??

Wish it was mine...

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on July 1, 2011 at 8:40 AM

What a marvelous set of eyes, and what a bonus to catch this one with a lapping tongue, beautiful work Butch :^)

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Comment posted by Harshad Barve on July 4, 2011 at 3:45 AM

This is simply awesome

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on July 7, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Great shot. Congrats on the Weekly Pick.

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Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on July 12, 2011 at 7:41 AM

Great one, Congrats on the weekly pick, well deserved.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 14, 2011 at 3:01 AM

(Belated) congrats on this wonderful WP!
Sandy

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