T-24 about to swim

[Munish Kaushik]

Tiger was on move and for a long time I photographed it from its back. It moved uphill & blank. No sign of Tiger. All gypsies moved off but after consultation with guide & driver we decided to wait. We waited for around 30-40 odd minutes and there it was. Coming down from the hill, giving us a scary look & then moving off to this water body to swim to another end. I wished that he looks atleast once towards me while in water and he just read my mind.

Shot in low light. Adjusted curves & removed bkgr noise.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/munishk/5905348766/" title="T24 - about to swim out by KaushikMunish, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5038/5905348766_f46b1c55e0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="T24 - about to swim out"></a>

Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 2000

Comments & critiques are most welcome.

Regards,
Munish Kaushik
www.munishkaushik.com

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Great sighting and story on how u managed to see this tiger. i am not sure that cutting the tail worked and the tigers head is slighty soft. I am sure you were very happy seeing and getting this image TFS:cheers:

[Munish Kaushik]

Vivaldo,

I would have loved to get the tail but there was a huge tree trunk at the back. Just beyond the point where the tail was getting into water. on second thought I should have got that in frame.

I have a different shot where I have the tail in water but the Tiger is looking else where. will share the shot soon.

Cheers,

[Dumay de Boulle]

Cool story, but cutting the tail has taken away for me here. Great to see this guy in the water. I would go back and re-sharpen a bit more and give the image a 2-3 degree CW rotation judging by the water.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Cool Munish, normally one should use a SS setting that is not lower then lens focal length used. I see you used a 400 mm lens so you needed to up SS to at least 1/400. This will always help you get sharper images. If light is low, then use a higher ISO or use flash :w3:S3:

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent sighting and How I wish you have kept full tiger in frame

As you have already clipped tail , I may crop further tight , removed color cast and blurred BG a bit
Hope you don't mind
TFS

[Hilary Hann]

I like Harshad's crop suggestions. Great story and congratulations for persevering and being patient.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice story and sighting Munish...
Harshad's crop and colour corrections are headed in the direction I was going to suggest. A good pointer is to always try and crop out the tail if you've cut it off like in this shot, makes it look more polished if you know what I mean.

[Munish Kaushik]

Thanks a lot Harshad bhai..

The version you shared is 100 times better and I see the areas where I need to improve upon the image. I am trying to edit to reach upto somewhere near the version you have shared.

I will share my edits & improvement soon here.

Thanks a ton,

Regards,
Munish

[Munish Kaushik]

Hi Harshad bhai,

Here's the one where I have complete tiger in frame. I have tried your suggestions in the PP. Please share your feedback on this.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/munishk/5937739254/" title="T-24 by KaushikMunish, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5937739254_79bd89e58c_b.jpg" width="1000" height="597" alt="T-24"></a>

Regards,
Munish Kaushik