Indian Gaur

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A Gaur enjoys some fresh leaves on a winter morning in Bandhavgarh NP, MP, India. Had a great trip with Haseeb in Dec (met for the first time, great guy indeed!) but not much of Tiger sightings sadly.
5D IV
200-400 + 1.4X L lens
1/1000
f/4
ISO 3200

[greg cowle]

Very pretty image, nice soft background.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, great to see you back & posting again.

Is the 200-400 a new acquisition or did you borrow it from Haseeb, it's a cracking bit of glass and offers such versatility, but not for the lighter frame, it is heavy when HH for long periods I think this image has certainly shown the clarity & sharpness you should be achieving with this kit and where some of the previous images were lacking, albeit you were close here. I like the diagonal line of the head, but I get the impression the mouth is slightly more angled to the viewer and so the shallow DoF is just starting to tail off there, but certainly on this one, not a deal breaker.

I'm currently away with the laptop so hard to say, but wonder if a tad more Sat and or darkening slightly that RHS would help???

All the best and hope the next few postings will be another step up.

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

Well it's been a great time for fine detail recently and this one has it too. A slightly unusual angle and it makes it very appealing. looking at the eye and forelocks i wonder if a little more contrast would have been good - say he who's never seen a gaur!

[Gabriela Plesea]

Welcome back SanjeevGlad you had an awesome trip and spent some time with Haseeb "out there in the field" I hope you both have lots of images to share!

This is a lovely portrait and BTW it qualifies for this month's Theme, so let me know if you would like me to change the Prefix for you.

I like the composition here... and agree with Jon, there's something very appealing about the HA of the subject...and the way he is looking up... it just works Wish you had a tad more DoF, but I guess you did not want to push ISO too much?

Lovely colours and the BG is superb. I like those tiny teeth too:) There's a small white speckle below the Gaur's chin - I know it's nitpicking ( sorry!) but I find it a little distracting

Overall a very attractive image and the content is great - thank you for sharing!

PS. If I am not mistaken, the Gaur was listed as vulnerable on the IUCN list - what is the situation now?

Kind regards,

[John Mack]

I like the feeding pose and the details look very good. Nice and sharp.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Dear Gabriela, thanks for your kind words and comments. Please do add it to the theme. Appreciate it. Will look up IUCN list on Gaur status.
Regards
Sanjeev

[haseeb badar]

Hi Doc -- great to see you posting again. I really liked the HA and the details that you have got here . very nice frame of this subject and you have managed to retain the exact colours as per the time and settings .

Nicely done.

TFS !

[Dumay de Boulle]

I prefer this one to your recent post. I like the pose and DOF looks good. Nice image.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev ...
A unusual portrait ...but i quite like it , with a bit of action .....
Color and tone looking very realistic i think under the given circumstances ....but think you can push things a bit more , locally !!!

You have a big gap in the histogram... to the left , and there is no profile embedded , Check your workflow

TFS Andreas