young male tiger

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 28, 2015135 views7 comments

Canon 7D, 300mm, f7.1, ISO 2000, 1/400 sec.

On the last day of my stay at Bandhavgarh NP in India I saw this young male tiger. The light was already starting to fade. The tiger was walking away, but suddenly it heard something and turned around. That's when I hit the shutter release and came up with this image.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on April 28, 2015 at 1:12 PM

Betty ..thats some gorgeous light on that beautiful tiger. Love that look directly into the camera..well framed too

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 29, 2015 at 8:03 AM

What a great image of this tiger in its environment. You take us with you on this adventure. Thank for posting.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 30, 2015 at 5:09 PM

Hi Betty-Lou,

This is a nice "classic" scene of a very iconic animal. While some might feel the background is a bit busy, that's not something you could control. I think you nailed the DoF just perfectly here - having that "framing" tree/bush on the left in focus adds a nice subtle touch to the shot. I also like how you positioned the subject in the frame - pretty much textbook perfect composition...

On my monitor(s), both the rock the tiger is standing on and the tiger itself look a little over-sharpened (the whiskers on the tiger show it the most) - a minor thing and something that's easily corrected if you choose to do so.

Cheers...

Brad

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

Comment posted by John Launstein on May 2, 2015 at 1:30 AM

Wow, Betty-Lou! This is an outstanding image. As others have mentioned, it has both a "classic" feel to it and wonderful light. Definitely one of my favourites of yours. The whiskers caught my attention to as needing a little reduction on the sharpening, but it would be difficult to have come away with any better image than you did here, IMO!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 2, 2015 at 5:31 AM

Betty-Lou,

You certainly got a classic pose here devil

The large version shows some noise on my monitor, I wonder if reducing the by bluring might "clean ti up" a little and reduce the sharpening artifacts?

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 2, 2015 at 6:28 PM

Super look back pose with the mouth open and you had beautiful lighting here Betty-Lou devil

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Comment posted by Betty-Lou Luyken on May 4, 2015 at 6:53 AM

Thanks for all your comments. Acoording to the suggestions I have reduced the sharpening somewhat and blurred the already blurry parts of the image some more (see repost). I'd love to hear if you think this is an improvement. Thanks.

Registered on July 9, 2007, 17 Posts, 82 Comments