~ Eye level ~

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 5, 2012721 views22 comments

Info: This was one of my best seasons in Bandhavgarh. This young male climbed and sat up on a cave and gave some good opportunities to get eye-level shots

Species: Bengal Tiger
Latin name: Panthera tigris tigris
Where: Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
When: May 2007

Equip: Canon 30D | 100-400 IS
F-stop: f/7.1
Shutter: 1/50 sec.
ISO: 100
Exposure Comp: -0.3 step

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Claus Johansson on March 5, 2012 at 5:06 AM

Fantastic Photo - Nice job Sachin

Registered on March 28, 2010, 18 Posts, 48 Comments

Comment posted by Venugopal Thantry on March 5, 2012 at 7:33 AM

Majestic.....TFS

Registered on May 12, 2011, 33 Posts, 144 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on March 5, 2012 at 8:02 AM

Great shot! Fine color, sharpness and pose. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Cristina Strudthof on March 5, 2012 at 8:05 AM

Truly magnificent animal and a nice capture to highlight his beauty. Good sharpness, DOF and comp, well done.

Registered on January 14, 2011, 53 Posts, 363 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM

I really like the super low perspective and the rich colors with the warm tones of the tiger contrasting against the cool background.

I see you are a new participant and I encourage you to add to the success of these critique galleries by jumping in with a few comments on the postings of others.

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

Comment posted by Sachin Rai on March 5, 2012 at 10:55 AM

Lon, absolutely new participant

. Shall surely try and start commenting on pictures. Thank you.

Registered on February 29, 2012, 15 Posts, 26 Comments

Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM

This shot shows the importance and effect of getting eye level shot. This is realy very instructive for me.

Thank you very much for sharing.

Registered on February 16, 2012, 118 Posts, 767 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM

STUNNING !!!
Jagdeep Rajput

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

Comment posted by Dan Roberts on March 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM

Excellent shot of an awesome looking animal. Love the composition, nice clean/contrasting BG, and spot on technicals. Well done !

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on March 5, 2012 at 1:44 PM

Hello Sachin

Amazing Clarity with Excellent Details in the Head area.!!! Lighting is Excellent, & brings the detail within the fine fur so well!

What is the Crop ?

TFS

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 5, 2012 at 10:35 PM

Nice light, low perspective, beautiful subject...what more could you ask for? This is beautiful!

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 6, 2012 at 4:25 AM

Superb Sachin! Love the eye level shot, and the sharpness is great!

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Hussain Nalwala on March 6, 2012 at 6:01 AM

Fantastic..... what a shot Sachin.... when you get to see someone like him it makes your day

.....

Registered on April 18, 2011, 298 Posts, 339 Comments

Comment posted by Clinton Bauder on March 6, 2012 at 7:23 PM

Don't have much to say about this except that it's really excellent. Great shot.

Clinton

Registered on December 8, 2009, 31 Posts, 231 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 7, 2012 at 4:25 AM

Simply an incredible tiger portrait Sachin. A visual pleasure.

Ken Archer

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

Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Quite nice with the low angle. One has to appreciate the clean background, which I'm sure is not always easy to achieve in the tiger's environment.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 9, 2012 at 7:39 AM

Geez what a gorgeous image. The light and detail against that amazing sky are breathtaking.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on March 9, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Wow! It looks like you had some good lighting that day! Really nice pose from the tiger. I like your choice of DOF, the tiger looks nice and sharp!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 14, 2012 at 7:12 AM

Fabulous! The low angle, sweet light, separation from BG, colours and overall quality makes this a standout tiger image for me. So many of the images from Bandhavgarh are in the road or in dense foliage. Congrats on getting this one!

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 14, 2012 at 11:31 AM

Beautiful face on this fellow - excellent image - nice pose, great techs, interesting BG.
The blue seems a bit intense and out of place in what I'm guessing is a very dry environment.
What is the BG?

Congrats on the WP, at any rate! well-done!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by John Launstein on March 14, 2012 at 5:30 PM

Sachin: I spent some time on your website last week and this image was one of my favourites there as well. You've done an oustanding job with this. I doubt I can add much to what's already been said, so I'll simply add my voice and my vote in appreciation of a great image beautifully presented. As well as my voice of welcome to NPN...I'm sure you will inspire us even more in the months and years to come both in outstanding wildlife imagery and in the beauty of your corner of the world.

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments

Comment posted by Hussain Nalwala on April 13, 2012 at 12:08 AM

Sachin his is a great shot. Lucky you. Wish we would get some good opportunities as well during this trip.
Hussain Nalwala

Registered on April 18, 2011, 298 Posts, 339 Comments