Have you seen anything more royal than this? By April, the month this image was made, the rains are only a distant memory, having made their exit by September, and the grass has turned golden brown. By itself, the grass is pretty, and when you add a tiger to this, you have a heady mix!
Location: Ranthambhore NP, Rajasthan, India
Date: April 2008
Equip: Canon 1D Mlll, Canon 100-400 at 330
Specs: ISO 400, f8, 1/1000s, beanbag on vehicle
Thank you for taking the time out to look, and for your comments/critiques.
Beautiful, and regal, you are right! I might consider a slight crop from the top, my eye settles a bit more easily on the tiger's face that way. Thank you for sharing this beauty, I hope you post some more!
I agree with the others above on the composition. I feel the image is a bit flat. I reposted a version with the following adjustments.
1) Levels adjustment - White Point Slider set the expand tonal range. Mid-tone slider set to lighten up image.
2) Curves adjustment - In PS I used the Linear Contrast preset which is a mild s-curve.
3) USM on a background copy for local contrast enhancement at 20/50/0 (see my tutorial for info http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=20434)
Saturation has a tendency to get increased downloading an image and then resaving and uploading so you can desaturate it some if you feel that is appropriate.
A great complementary background to support the magnificent foreground subject.
I think Robert conversion has lifted the image and agree that a touch less saturation would make it even stronger.
Fabulous shot Ajit. Robert's repost enhances nicely and agree too, on a touch less sat'. (tricky as mentioned on gauging it right on reposting as "going blind"). Well done.
ROYAL Bengal Tiger!
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