Wild Tiger 2

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 5, 2014182 views13 comments

I could not resist posting one more Tiger this one adorns my wall;
Taken in Bandhavgargh National Park, India
EOS 1DX MkIV
500mm F4
F4
ISO 800
1/500
Hand-held from Mahindra Gypsy

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on February 5, 2014 at 7:52 AM

I'd put this on my wall too if I had it. Nice shot. A sharp portrait image of a beautiful tiger. Gotta love it.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on February 5, 2014 at 9:07 AM

That's a beautiful portrait, Ken. It could just be shadow or my monitor, but the whites are showing a touch of blue running through them. No big deal though as you have a super image.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on February 5, 2014 at 9:49 AM

What a beautiful face, and the image has lots of great detail. I might brighten it a bit, and I agree there is a blue tint overall.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 5, 2014 at 11:58 AM

Wonderful detail and a what looks like a very big tiger. They appear to be well camouflaged with those stripes looking at the background. Excellent shot Ken.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on February 5, 2014 at 1:41 PM

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on February 5, 2014 at 7:34 PM

Great eye contact and wonderful portrait, Ken.

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Comment posted by Joe James on February 5, 2014 at 9:11 PM

This is a really nice Tiger portrait Ken. From Africa to India within a couple of posts, I'm impressed.

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Comment posted by James Blue on February 5, 2014 at 9:13 PM

Ken, the detail on that beautiful face is Fantastic!

Jim

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 6, 2014 at 12:52 AM

Thanks very much everybody, it was a lucky privilege to be able to see this beauty and his brother.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on February 6, 2014 at 7:39 AM

Nice portrait here in what looks like challenging surroundings to photograph in. Facial detail is great.
I agree on the whites showing some blue and I feel overall it could use just a touch of brightness increase.
In an ideal world the twigs wouldn't be sticking up all behind his head, but this is where they roam and having them OOF certainly lessens their effect.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 6, 2014 at 9:56 PM

I fully agree with what Morkel has said about brightness and hint of blue. Excellent portrait!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 7, 2014 at 1:13 AM

It seems that I should have looked at the JPEG before posting, the RAW looks much better.
Here is another version slightly brightened and reducing blue

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on February 9, 2014 at 10:55 AM

Wonderful portrait

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