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    Default New mom takes a break from the kids

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    This young female Bengal Tiger (#39) walked to this waterhole, sat in the water for a while and then walked on. She had young cubs hiding somewhere nearby but they had not been seen yet. This photo was taken last April on a hot afternoon in Ranthambhore Nat'l Park.

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    Beautiful image of a Majestic animal! Congrats

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    nice moment here Laurie...I think you handled the harsh light well, with good definition in the shadowed side of the cat...

    I wish for a little more room at the bottom, given that placing her foot there is imminent...
    I would also consider opening up the midtones in the shadowed side of the tiger as well.
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    Laurie - fantastic sighting, love the water rolling off, the big huge paw raised and the head on look. Good suggestions by Morkel for taking it up a notch.

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    Hi laurie
    always nice to see a tiger .
    Like the colors and the moving tiger with the raised paw and running water from it`s body.
    There is too much space on LHS and not enough on Bottom for my taste , so if it is FF nothing you can do.
    The `shadowed `area of the tiger should be a lot darker for my taste ,looks too light for me.Like heavy use of fill light.To give it a more natural look i would darken it .Just a personal taste i think.

    TFS Andreas

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    Unfortunately there was no room on the right. There were large, and for me blurry, rocks that I was trying to avoid. We were the first vehicle to see this tiger but before she got into the water she walked up and down the road until there was an army of vehicles coming from both directions trying to get the best spot. We actually had one of the best places. When she got out of the water she immediately turned to the left (as I knew she would) because it was the only path out without climbing the rocks.

    The light was bad. I have reprocessed the original. For processing I cleaned up a few spots in the water, did a light Topaz Denoise on the water and rocks. I also used Topaz detail micro contrast backed off one-third for the tiger. The original post probably had a small (5% or less) shadows and highlight adjustment and a sliver taken off of the bottom and left. Is this better.

    Morkel - Not sure what you mean by open up the midtones.

    Andreas - No fill light, just the 5% shadows adjustment.

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    Hi Laurie

    like this version more , for me it is an improvement , thanks .

    Andreas

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    Hi laurie again me, i tried to improve it.
    A bit more contrast and depth in the tiger and the rest.
    WDYT ?

    Cheers Andreas

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    Andreas, Can you tell me what you did? I don't see much difference from my re-post.

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    Hi Laurie,
    i made some contrast changes with curves and blend modes in PS on selective parts of the image .

    Take the two versions into PS and watch them side by side.

    It is no big hammer that i used , just a bit different to yours. In the stage were you `re RP is , there is no need of big changes, mainly subtle stuff for my eyes.

    Cheers Andreas

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    Hi Laurie, one of the most majestic of all animals set in 'THE' location, ironic it was once the hunting lodge for Tigers, was this with Chas?

    Good time to go, although blisteringly hot! You know sooner or later Tigers will need to come out and cool down in some watering hole also to drink too so good to stake one favourite location out. I agree that the whole crop needs moving to the right, however perhaps the excitement got the better , understandable with such a fine animal & sighting. If you have her looking up to you I think that would have been the killer shot. The raise paw and trailing water from the underbelly are nice touches to the image.

    Regarding the image, I do find it a little light and in this instance the blacks look a wee bit light also. I think you can afford to drop some of the yellow in the water, add a couple of points of selective black in neutrals/blacks and make some Curves adjustment layers just to soften and bring back some more depth/detail. Also just up the brightness in the trailing water where the sun picks it up, but not to blow it, just playing with the the lights & darks. I wouldn't push any more sharpening and perhaps avoid in places applying any sharpness to the whiskers as they can stand out being that bit brighter.

    Not sure if the attached helps, but this was where my thinking was going, hope to see more from the trip Laurie, we need more Tiggers on here.

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    Steve,

    Thanks for the processing pointers to make this better. I'll give it a try. No, I was not with Chas - he did not go. There were lots of big blurry rocks on the right and between me and the tiger. So many vehicles we could not move. I shot this photo the only way I could to avoid those rocks. I was anticipating that she would go to the left because it was the easy way out and she did.

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    Thanks Laurie, just thought he was floating around there and Ranthambore with Harshad with a group.

    I think you have it all there, it just needs some fine adjustments to just bring out a little more within your capture. Always difficult to get the colour right to. Can appreciate trying to get the shot and avoid the crowds/vehicles, very difficult in a small area. It great to see these animals in their natural habitat, hope you plan to share more from the trip.

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