2nd in series of Bengal Tigers

[Oscar Zangroniz]

This guy decided to cool off just before being let in for the evening.

Nikon D300
Sigma 300mm 2.8 w/ 1.4tc
Focal length: 600mm
Fstop: 8
shutter: 1/400
Iso: 400
Aperture priority
Exposure comp: -1
Tripod assisted.

[Gus Cobos]

Hey Oscar,
I like your tiger. I like the lazy pose, looking at whats going on in his domain...I made some minor adjustments to your image; by diffusing the upper portion of the background and liquefying it. Also cleaned up the blades of grass that were touching the tiger and over flowing into the water. added a sprinkle of selective sharpening, and kicked up the light and contrast a notch. gave you some saturation too...see if you like...good show...looking forward to your next tiger in your series from Metro Zoo...;):):D:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

You diffused the ears Gus !!! :)

Actually don't mind the bg all that much but do the one light strip he is resting on Great profile and look Do like it a lot and you worked for a good bg in the zoo !!! tough place to shoot !!

[Lance Peters]

Hey Oscar - Prefer the original- BG does not bother me. Think it needs a tad of CW rotation though - just a little. Well done for a Zoo shot - my friend.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Oscar,
I think I prefer your original too. Love the BG colours - well done my friend!
Regards,
Nicki

[Julie Kenward]

Yep, gotta go with the original on this one. The second definitely has some ear trouble and, to me, it's overly sharpened. I think you did a great job of putting a ferocious animal in a laid back light - nice change to what we normally would see. I would select that bright strip between the tiger and the grass and darken it up a bit and let that tiger shine!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I like the liquified BG a lot. It has a surreal quality to me, and makes the tiger look more majestic to me. You just need to de-liquify his ears now:) Not sure if you would like this treatment or not Oscar.

[Harold Davis]

holey smokes!! looks like you got down low to get this one!!! would have loved to have seen that!! looks great. you could take a color control point in CNX and put it on the concrete and darken it a little. cant wait to see the next one!!

[Gail Spitler]

I am happy with the bg, the sharp tiger, the composition. I think it's one terrific image.
I wish the grass wasn't there, but I don't think you could do anything about that. Zoo images can be so frustrating. You trying for a 'wild' image but the 'hand of man' keeps popping up.
Your images just keep getting better and better!!!
Cheers
Gail

[Richard Waas]

Way to go Oscar! I prefer the original as well. I'm taking you on my trip to Africa. Don't have one planned, but when I do....