Curious Cubs

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 26, 2011139 views6 comments

This frame is from my first digital shoot in Mar. 2007, I happened to convert quite late. These were two of the three playful cubs, their mother was resting nearby, within sight.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 30D; 300mm; ISO 100; 1/400 sec. at F 5
Jagdeep Rajput

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6 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 27, 2011 at 1:07 AM

Jagdeep,
Considering this was taken on a 30D (Canons first home-grown digital camera) , with tiny files and limited AF, ISO etc. it is remarkable!!

Great expressions

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 27, 2011 at 8:37 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

While it could be argued that the image has "reversed" lighting (background in bright light with shaded subjects, rather than the other way around), I quite like this. Nice rim lighting on the subjects and I quite like the up-lifted (and disproportionately large) paw on the standing cub. Nice tongue too! A tad more room on the right side would be helpful (just a bit tight there), but I'm assuming that there's no more room there in the original (I can't see you intentionally taking a sliver off the cub via intentional cropping!).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one!

Brad

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

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 27, 2011 at 10:45 AM

This was worth the going back to process. Nice work.

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

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 28, 2011 at 2:03 PM

Nice eye contact from both cubs and I like that you still see lots of detail in the shadows of the cubs, well done.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on July 28, 2011 at 10:46 PM

Love the raised paw and the tongue of the cub on the left. I switched even later, Jagdeep, in Oct 2007 in fact! I had bought a 20D earlier that year, but gave it to my elder son, while I handled the more 'professional' EOS 3 film camera! His images came out better than mine!

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

Comment posted by Christopher Martin on August 3, 2011 at 12:50 AM

The backlighting is brilliant and I love the eyes, the ears and the tongue. Very beautiful portraits of these splendid creatures.

Registered on July 1, 2011, 13 Posts, 13 Comments