Lovely sharpness and light on this. Be nice for some eye contact, but it looks pretty determined to be on its way, and looks comfortable with your company, so just good to enjoy. TFS!
Your processing and sharpness of the image are right on. Being more in front of the animal would have given you a better angle to the head - now he is starting to head away from you. A tighter crop would probably be better here and the grass is nice but the darker BG is less not to interesting.
Please post you technical details next time - equipment and exposure.
Also wish for a bit more of a head turn but it looks like he had other things on his mind. I like the inclusion of the transition from grassland to forest edge.
Balu,
I found the following tech details in your image:
Nikon D80, 300mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/500, EV : +1/3
He is angling away from you. I am sure eye contact would have been better. However, this is the normal pose that you see most of the time. Too often photographers whistle, make noise by banging things in their vehicle to attract the attention of the tiger. The tiger looks back and if pretty irritated then it snarls. And the photographers feel good in clicking that. I am sure we don't add to the psychological pressure on photographers to get eye contact through these means.
The tall grasses give a nice feel about the habitat. I would crop a bit from the left to remove the part of the grass at the top right corner. I would have been tempted to use a narrow aperture here. Thanks for sharing.
Tiger
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