A Nilgiri Tahr and its Abode......

[V S Sankar]

Nilgiri Tahrs are ungulates living in the undulating terrain of Eravikulam National Park in the Western Ghats of India.There are about 2500 Nilgiri Tahrs in the world and out of that about a 1000 surviuve in Eravikulam NP.

Canon400D,55-250IS,ISO400,1/30,f25,ev metering

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[Jeff Cashdollar]

VS,

Thank you for the interesting narrative what a grand creature. Was this HH, the image looks a bit soft and with 1/30 a faster shutter or tripod could have helped. The f/25 is fine and is what we call a story telling aperture. However with such a large and interesting subject in the foreground you need to make a decision, is this a landscape picture or a mammal picture. Composition is the opportunity here. The image has a strong foreground (rocks) strong subject (Nilgiri) and a layered background green grass and rocky mountain. Several subjects can distract the eye consider a wider shot or a targeted focus on the animal.

A wider aperture would support a faster shutter and mitigate the soft look. If you do isolate the subject try for a stronger HA with a well lit eye. The small aperture and slow shutter probably caused the image to be underexposed. On balance, I would crop away some of the bottom and top, leaving only the green grass above and move the subject out of the center towards the corner. What a beautiful moment, wish I was there!!!

Do you have anymore from this trip, keep em coming!

[Kerry Perkins]

Hello, very nice critique by Jeff and not much to add. I like the subject a lot and would probably choose to crop the image from the top to keep the eye on it. Without the bright patch of sky the image could be lightened overall. A look your way by the subject would have been nice.

[V S Sankar]

Thanks for the comments.I think the Canon400D at f25 becomes soft.Here my intention was to show the animal and its habitat.I have several other closeups which I will post soon.

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