She is a shy young tigress and runs away at the slightest of noise. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India.
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, f4, 1/640, ISO 400, EV: -1/3, full frame image.
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Sabyasachi
Tigress
She is a shy young tigress and runs away at the slightest of noise. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India.
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, f4, 1/640, ISO 400, EV: -1/3, full frame image.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
This is a very wise tiger in that case. ;)
I love the rim lighting on this. Did you take the photo with the intention of cropping into her rump or was this just coincidence? I would have preferred to have a bit of room on the right hand side. Still, a very beautiful image.
Hi Hilary,
Thanks for your comments. I had a 300 f4 IS lens attached to my backup 1D Mark II and could have created a wider composition. She sat on the edge of the forest with lot of vegetation. So I quickly decided to use a tight crop. I wanted space in front and hence the composition. I will share two more images of her, where I had composed by cutting of her tail at the edge. Somehow I like this one better. Would like to hear all your views.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Well, the rear part of her doesn't hold a lot of interest as it is in the bushes and the lighting and environment does favour her head and shoulders. I suppose my interest in the back is as an anchor to the rim lit front so it isn't of prime importance but would have balanced the whole of her. Interested in what others think.
I know u dont like to crop :), wow loghting and pose here , excellent
TFS
A great shot. Just having tried to shoot tigers for the first time, I can appreciate all of the hard work and patience that you put in.
Cropping the rear and not enough in the FG, sadly doesn't work for me Sabyasachi. Moving the lens slightly to the right still would have given enough albeit tight on the lhs and a better image overall. Also, not knowing what time of day you shot this, but the image looks flat, no real contrast. Slightly lighten in Curves, boost the Sat a little, and a fraction in brightness/Contrast does help the image IMHO.
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Just slightly less focal length would have been perfect ..if not would have pointed the camera right/down some. Understand about the space up front but having the rear so tight looks strange ... Btw one of the advantages of zoom lenses when you can't move. Also agree with steve on the small PS tweaks
Just tried this Sabysachi as I feel this image has immense potential , I know you dont like people reposting your OP , but daring to do so :D:D:D, Worth working on RAW, will result in fantastic output
It appears there was vegetation and or bushes on the right side and had it been in the frame, I'm afraid it would appear as distracting foreground objects. Shooting tigers in their natural habitat is tricky because these cats like to hang out behind tall grass and shrubs. If you don't AF correctly, then you end up locked on the vegetation. I found that happened to me several times, then having to recompose. These smart cats got it all figured out.
Hi Rajiv, by selectively moving the AF focus point you can avoid issues like that, however the Tigers head here is clearly visible and away from any vegetation in this image and the FP would have been on the eye.If you don't AF correctly, then you end up locked on the vegetation.
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Dear All,
Thanks a lot for your comments. I had used -1/3 EV. The processing or the lack of it was intentional.
Steve,
The image was created at 5.05 pm in the month of April. Exif is intact.
Harshad,
Thanks for your repost.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Why, not sure what purpose that offers?The processing or the lack of it was intentional.
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The comment was regarding the lack of contrast and image being flat. Lest someone feel that it is shot in jpeg and just resized.Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski
nice lighting and many points have been covered Sabya. I'm just thinking out of the box here and think it would have been great to have a shot with a lot more "dead space" in front, but with the tiger then cut off behind the front legs.
sorry if you don't like reposts as Harshad mentioned :o
this is a quick adjustment in Elements - just tried a stone-age method of adding canvas here to illustrate my suggestion?
The rim lighting is beautiful . Just wished the tail was not cut .
Morkel and Rakesh,
Thanks for your comments.
I like the composition in Morkel's repost. I don't mind people reposting my images. Repost shows the interpretation of different individuals. The other day in a talk on creativity, I had said that creativity also depends on your perspective. In this image, I had the option of photographing the tigress with sun behind my shoulders. I moved ahead and waited for the tigress to come out. From her slow and languid movement, I was thinking that she will wait there for a while and she actually sat down.
I had visualised the image in this manner and hence used a -1/3 EV. I had the option of doing what we do all the time. However, I tried two different treatments in the two different images. Did I make a mistake? I did what ever I wanted to do. Too bad that it didn't work. Am I afraid of making mistakes by going against the flow? Absolutely not. If you don't make mistakes, you are not likely to grow. :)
I am writing this rather long comment, as I felt that perhaps I have earlier failed to communicate effectively.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Hi Sabyasachi, on reflection perhaps including your penultimate paragraph outlining you thoughts, comments and reservations regarding the image would have helped the reader/viewer in again, compiling their views & feedback. With minimal text to accompany the image only you know what went on, both in your thoughts and with composition.
Your thoughts expressed above puts a totally different perspective and rational to the image. We all know that there are Guidelines to help the Author in composing a small piece to link with the image, however we all tend to forget that, but it really serves a purpose and I think ensures a clear path of understanding. Or perhaps as the Author we might raise questions about our image, or pose thoughts about it, as you say 'If you don't make mistakes, you are not likely to grow.' I totally agree, and we are all learning at different degrees throughout our course, but I do feel that any misinterpretation has to be shared.
Perhaps for the future we need to have certain criteria set out for posting, so ALL are clear what is required from the Author to the Reader, so as you say, we communicate effectively.
This is a good and informative thread.
kind regards
Steve :)
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