Charged - UP !!

Hello everyone !!

Here is my contribution to this months theme , and suddenly there is a spurt in postings on wildlife forum , great to see that .

This is the Rajbehra female from Bandhavgarh . One of the best hunters in the park by far . Actually the odds of 1 successful kill out of 20 attempts ( the theory which normally goes with the Tigers hunting stats ) is practically not applicable on her . This tigress is just phenomenal when it comes down to hunting prey , dosent matter how big or small they are in size , she just goes after everything . Currently she is raising a litter of 4 cubs and that makes her even more dangerous for its prey out there.

One morning we encountered her going after a Sambar Deer. Tiger attacks happen very quickly and there was very little window of opportunity considering the settings . Somehow I managed to freeze some frames ( luckily there were not many vehicles at that moment of time ) . Still I feel she was disturbed by something rather then just going after the prey , her expression says it all . ( A frame before this one is where she actually roared ) Which is quite strange considering she was on a hunt , atleast I had never seen this something like this before .

Canon 5D MK III , Canon 500m f4 IS II , Bean Bag .

ss 1/2000 ( Thanks to Steve for the change in mindset ), f/5.6, iso 2000.

DPP4 , CS6 , Levels ,Selective colour, vibrance and saturation,sharpening , cloned out a blade of grass in front of its whiskers ( rest I didn't attempt to clone as it was pretty tough for my skills ) , WB , cropped slightly from the RHS .

All your C&C's are most welcome .

Hi Haseeb, a very nice dynamic pose you captured. The expression is awesome and surely she was agitated by something. I wish the OOF blade of grass had not intersected the hind leg & tail but I know if a forest getting this itself is a big deal so you did well. Good techs. TFS.

Hi Haseeb - excellent pouncing pose with sharpness where it matters. Too bad about all the grass intersecting the body and particularly the one along the left side of the face (right as viewed). If it were mine I would tone down the brightest leaves on the left and also reduce the blues in the whites.

TFS,
Rachel

A fantastic frame Haseeb! Love the power, energy and pose, and you handled the exposure and timing very well.
I am not phased by any of the grasses here as the face is surprisingly clear and has my full attention, and the pose with the tail fading into the grasses works well.
For me - your best image posted here for a long time :5 :cheers:

A powerful and intense moment well captured Haseeb :5, agree with Morkel, that this is one of your best posts here.

Not worried about the grass across the body as it's part of the environment and doesn't distract for me, the open mouth, side lighting, mid-air leap and tension in the front paws make this a winner.

TFS

Thank you everyone for your comments and words of appreciation !

I like a lot you dinamic situation and detail are excellent.I you have more space left side the shoot will show more dinamic action..

Hi Haseeb, for sure this is an outstanding image. The expression on the face conveys everything, the leaping pose is very cool and just adds to the drama of the scene. Can't add much more to the above comments, but just keep honing those techs & PP. If you get a chance to Ranthambore let me know, as you need to meet someone there.

BTW are you using Artie/Arash's DPP guide? I would also strongly suggest you look to upgrading your CS6 to PSCC 2015+.

TFS
Steve :cheers:

A truly cracking wildlife image !! WOW !! Such a pleasure to view

Thank you Basil !