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    This image was made when I visited Tadoba andhari Tiger Reserve,Maharastra, India. This guy was looking at the moneys when actually I took the picture. Little play with exposure gave me this result.

    canon 7d, Canon 100-400mm IS USM
    f-stop - f/7.1
    exposure time- 1/640 sec
    ISO-800
    exposure bias- +0.7 step
    metering mode-pattern
    Flash used - no flash
    Hope you will like it. Else suggest to improve.

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    Like the idea very much but would say it is too dark in the darks and needs brightening 1/2 to a full stop. Or maybe another crop, with only the front half of the tiger in view and more empty space?

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    I like what you trying to achieve here Shantanu and agree with Neil and increased the exp on the tiger by .75, (could go another .25/.50?) then selectively dodged/burnt the surrounding vegetation.
    Let me know what you think.

    TFS


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    Nice idea Shantanu and I like what Marc did with his repost. My eyes were trying to find something in the shadows to balance the image and Marc's suggestion was what I was looking for.

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    Thanks a lot Mark. Will try to implement that. Actually, to be very frank, I not much proficient in Photoshop.Still on the Learning curve.
    This image itself took a lot of time. however, now, I am getting some what used to PS, and will definitely give a try.


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    Hi Shantanu - Welcome to the Wildlife Forum. Always nice to see a tiger post. I like what Marc has done to give a little more depth to the image. Is this full frame? How about posting a conversion of the straight out of camera image so that we can help with the pp and offer suggestions.

    One of the best ways to learn is to actively participate on lots of BPN threads. Don't be afraid to ask for help either. Tell us what you like or don't like about an image and also see what other people are suggesting. We recommend commenting on at least 3-5 other wildlife images each time you post one of your own. You'll be amazed at the progress you make with you pp if you put in some time on BPN and implement suggestions.

    TFS,
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    Hey Rachel,
    Thanks a lot for encouraging words. Yes, I do try to do that. However, the job and timelines sometimes does not allow. I will try to put an straight out of the camera image tonight.
    Looking forward for the encouraging help,
    thanks a lot,
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    Shantanu

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    I too like the brighter repost more.
    Was there actually a shaft of light hitting its face, that you merely accentuated, or is this all the effect of dodging/burning on your part in processing?
    Another big welcome from me - hope to see you posting in other threads too!
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    As suggested by Rachel,
    Please see the image straight from camera. I have not tried/applied anything much other than little Unsharp mask.
    Here, whenever it comes to whisker or hair of an animal, it gives me a cold foot. I wanna select it so that I can apply NR to full image and on top of that I can merge this selection layer with some sharpening applied.
    My work flow is -
    1) select object using magic wand
    2) ctrl+j, it will create the layer out of selection
    3) we have the original layer,on which I generally apply NR using topaz
    4) I apply some sharpening to Selected layer which contains the main object
    5) merge both the layers and I am done.

    Kindly guide.

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    Hi Shantanu - You asked for advice so I am going to give it and be brutally honest. I think this is a case of having to learn to crawl before trying to run. The problem is the initial capture and then trying to salvage a problematic image with post processing. We have a few sayings that we often repeat here in the forum. First and foremost is "Get it right in camera." Here you needed to shoot wider with more room below and to the left. It also would have been better to avoid distracting elements, in this case the oof branch in the fg. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to avoid such things depending on conditions, other vehicles, etc. If this was zoomed out at the short end of the 100-400 then perhaps zooming in would for more of a head shot would have allowed you to avoid the branch. Otherwise the exp and sharpness on the head look good.

    Another saying we have is that "Less is more" when it comes to pp. These two sayings go hand in hand because getting it right in camera means that less has to be done in pp. I understand what you were trying to do here and have posted some similar images recently but to really pull these off, you need to have a shaft of light hitting the eye or eye or the face. Here much of the face of the tiger is actually in shadow. I also start with an image where I have exposed in the field for the shaft of light or spotlight and as a result the bg usually starts out darker or underexposed.

    I hope this helps a bit.

    TFS the sooc image,
    Rachel

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    Welcome to BPN Wildlife, Shantanu!

    I appreciate your eagerness to learn and share your images with us! And I am 100% with Rachel above, she has given you good advice.

    When I started posting on BPN I found it difficult to comment at first, I felt I had little to add to what the other, more experienced members were saying, and quite frankly I did not notice many of the issues present in a given image. The moderators suggested I "dig deep down" so to speak, and try to put in words what I liked or did not like and I started doing so, often avoiding the technical stuff because I was unsure:) Reading comments from the other members was the best exercise ever, I could at least agree or disagree with members' opinions on certain aspects of the image and learnt to see colour casts and the degree of sharpening needed, etc. I also started taking better images, analysing the EXIF Data in various threads and trying to understand why, for example, F5 was better than F7.1 in some instances and how far I can push the ISO, etc.

    So the best way to learn is to actually get involved, instead uploading and waiting for feedback:) My "play time" is also limited but I make a point of commenting on the others' images, I get a lot of help by the way and still busy learning.

    I think you've got some great equipment and soon you'll produce some stunners

    Wishing you good light and great opportunities and I look forward to your posts in the future,
    Gabriela Plesea

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