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Tiger Portrait for the Framers

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Posted by Elliott Neep on May 3, 2006 at 5:49 PM
Hi All,

Having this image framed as an A3+ Glicee. Have invested in Somerset Inkjet paper. Wonderful stuff which renders stunning detail on normal inkjet printers. Just wondered what you guys thought of it.

Photographed from and elephant in December 2005 at Bandhavgarh N.P. The cub was really photogenic, approached us and sat close-by on a bank. Its not often you manage to get a shot without grass and twigs in the way.

I go 2-3 times a year for tigers. Not for any commercial reason as the market is utterly saturated. I go with my girlfriend because its our favourite animal on the planet... and they may not be around much longer!

Have just recovered this an about 300 other tiger images from a crashed Maxtor hard drive. It crashed the same day its backup arrived... and yes, before I could back it up! :mad:

ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR WORK BOYS AND GIRLS! :biggrin:

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Converter: Canon's DPP v2 (Its surprisingly good and free!)
Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: F4
Exposure compensation: -1/3
ISO: 400
Lens: EF300mm F2.8 LISUSM & 1.4xTC
Handheld
Posted by Richard Peters on May 3, 2006 at 6:56 PM
Thats a stunning portrait! I love the big cats and really hope I get a chance to photograph them in the wild one day :toast:
Posted by John Varley on May 4, 2006 at 6:14 AM
Cracking shot Elliott - that is a fine looking moggie
lucky with the HD recovery would be a great pity to loose shots like this.

John
Posted by John Chapman on May 4, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Hi Elliot
a wonderful portrait of the tiger. You may consider getting rid of the white blob above the tiger's left ear.
John
Aberdeen :toast: