Tiger cub

[mrudul godbole]

This photograph was taken in Bandhavgarh National park, a few months back. This cub stopped, maybe looking at some disturbance created by the people.

Canon 50D, 100-400mm L IS USM, ISO 200. Full Frame

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely image Mrudul , Classical curious cat and wonderful reflections
She looks healthy , amazing light
This image looks very soft to me ,there is noise in BG too
took liberty and added some sharpness & cloned one twig , NR in BG
TFS

[David Fletcher]

Wonderful shot Mrudul. Harshad's repost takes it to new heights. Particularly like the lighting and the use of space.

[Vivek Khanzode]

Lovely shot.

Mrudul, I have same comments as Harshad. I would remove the noise from the BG and sharpen it more. I would also frame it a little off center to get rid of the shrub on the right (or at least discard more of it).

The reflection works well for me as does the catchlight in the eye. The light is good too.

BTW, what was the shutter speed and aperture?

-- Vivek

[peter delaney]

lovely image....agree with Vivek about maybe removing shrub as a bit distracting..

if possible next time maybe repostion yourself a bit more to rhs ..

well done
peter

[mrudul godbole]

Harshad thanks for the repost. I think I uploaded a higher size image so the s/w resized it due to which it lost some sharpness.

Thanks all, appreciate the comments and the feedback. Will keep in mind for a more off centered composition.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice light. I don't mind centered compositions when the reflection is included. The tigers head seems to be very near to the rule of thirds position. The only change I would have done is to include a bit more space at the bottom.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi