Yawning

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Posting a photo of a tiger yawning. Taken from the back of an elephant, hand held.

1D Mark II, EF 70-200 f2.8 L IS, EF 1.4x, ISO 200, 1/200, f6.3 at 280mm.

[Robert Amoruso]

Sabyasachi,

Good looking image. I like the amount of room you left under the tiger. I might add a bit more contrast to the scene but only enough as to not lessen the soft light look. Nicely done.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Cool image Sabyasachi! Love the low angle on this one. The yawn was captured a bit to late for an impressive open mouth though. Look at those paws... so huge. Would love to see a Tiger in the wild some day, a Kalahari lion already impresses me each time I see it, but these guys are even bigger!

[gary rouleau]

That must be one small elephant for such a low angle. I really like it. Only nit a touch too soft.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Vincent,
The yawn was the starting of the series and ended with a full open mouth yawn. I have had several full mouth yawn images. This is the first time, I saw such a wavy tongue position. The tiger was in a hill and the elephant was a big one. This helped to get this low angle. I tried to increase the contrast but it started looking harsh.