Tiger again!

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Another sub-adult tiger from Tipeshwar makes its way towards us.
1DX II
700mm
1/3200
f/6.3
ISO 1600

[Steve Kaluski]

Another sub-adult tiger from Tipeshwar makes its way towards us.

The face gives it away Sanjeev, it still has those 'cub like' features. I can live with the tree here, but just wished you could have (in an ideal world) back up a little more so he was face on. I would remove the white spec to the RHS, but the sharpening looks a bit too much adding a slight coarseness to the Tiger, if this is processed in DPP have you tried fine detail. Clutching at straws here as I don't use DPP, perhaps Jon could help?

TFS
Steve

[Gabriela Plesea]

He looks massive for a sub-adult, whew...My "big" lions would run away if they saw him

The tree does not bother me that much either, Sanjeev. Colours look good. I suppose you could have gone for more DoF but the face looks sharp with good detail - I can see what Steve means about a slight coarseness but I am sure it's easy to fix ( sorry, I also do not know DPP)

What I love most about this image is the expression on the tiger's face, there's so much focus and determination in those eyes. Fantastic opportunity well taken, Sanjeev! Wondering what a vertical composition would have looked like, but I am sure you have plenty more images to show us.

I enjoyed viewing, thank you so much for sharing,

Kind regards,

[Jonathan Ashton]

The image looks a little flat to me, also a little too much sharpening- was it given too much at raw stage? Did you use DPP - which camera profile & sharpening parameters? I am guessing the sharpening for web regime is not different to your usual regime.
I like the tiger's pose, eyes and raised paw good, but not too keen on the trees.