Hello everyone. Thank you for all your comments and suggestions to my previous post , as always much appreciated .
This image is from a very memorable sighting we had in the month of april last year. This tiger family is particularly very shy and we had to wait nearly two hours before one of the cub eventually made it to the small puddle to quench its thirst. Then the very shy mom followed. I saw this symmetry from the view finder and quickly framed the shot when the mom lifted her gaze.
DPP 4.8, PSCC 2019 v 20, WB, curves, levels, selective colour, vibrance, cropped from top and bottom, Sharpening.
Haseeb I think the cub in the foreground is exceptionally well rendered, but I am not keen on the tiger in the background, I think it detracts rather than adds.
Hi Haseeb, a cub - super, very envious as I would have to wait until this April before seeing any, but in water they are gorgeous and you have some nice light too.
I can appreciate the slightly steeper angle for shooting, but sadly I'm with Jon on the additional adults head being a little distracting because there isn't any separation sadly and so both heads blend into one. Techs & PP look good, good shapes where it counts, but I might go 1200px on height rather than 1600, keep that for landscape format as I see no benefit to go bigger. We are criting on the overall image and so going bigger, or beyond 1600px I see no real value personally.
My only additional thought would be to add a Curves and Levels adjustment layer for the water in the FG to bring a bit more depth/tone back in, it looks a bit washed out, but adding in some stronger tones I feel benefits the image.
Clearly an interesting and lucky encounter, but does not work so well. I won't echo earlier comments, but offer another thought. It looks like you were concentrating on the face of the cub, but the back of the mum going back could have offered an interesting framing if you had zoomed out, and not cropped so close. I think you still want a bit of separation of the faces, but the mum's back could have given an interesting leading line to the cub.
Hi Haseeb - Definitely a tough shooting situation that you tried to make the most out of. I just wish there was a bit more separation from the mom. Shooting angle is not ideal as you said. Good suggestions on pp above.
Hi Haseeb ...what a great sighting , glad you waited to get them in the open .
Not much you do about angle of shooting at times ...must take what mother nature is offering , so i think you did well .
From the tonal perspective i think Steve ...has some good thinking shown in his RP .... but i think a bit too strong , if this would be one layer i would drop opacity to 60 % or so . For sure matter of taste and it is a demo i guess ....
Regarding the two tigers .... i am with the others , not ideal for me . It might have worked for me ... if it would be a tighter shot .
You had a lot more luck than i had ...
TFS Andreas
Haseeb I think the cub in the foreground is exceptionally well rendered, but I am not keen on the tiger in the background, I think it detracts rather than adds.
Jonathan has summed up my exact thoughts Haseeb, but understand what you were trying to achieve.
Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions , much appreciated .
I too liked the RP by Steve and it does help the image . As far as the framing is concerned I appreciate your reservations abt the tiger in the background but for me this really works and would gladly say that in this case I agree to disagree.