Little Masters # 3

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all
7D , 300/f4 , ISO 800, 1/200, HH, at F4
All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
Harshad

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Harshad A cuteness a alert would have been in order :)

Love the pose with the direct eye contact !! I think the cat was moving and the slow shutter speed got you? Face does look a bit soft (don't think is focus) I know it sounds extreme going for 1600 but noise can be dealt with !!! Hope you got plenty more from this encounter !! Love this little guys and hoping to see many more Big Congrats !!!

[Harshad Barve]

Face does look a bit soft (don't think is focus) I know it sounds extreme going for 1600 but noise can be dealt with !!! Hope you got plenty more from this encounter !! Love this little guys and hoping to see many more Big Congrats !!!

Agreed , I do have some more image , will share soon , Can selective sharpening help ?

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Harshad I don't think so It makes the eye look worse.

Remember seeing a program some time back that would attempt helping these type images and worked to a certain degree For this I just enjoy the image as is !!!

[Harshad Barve]

selectively sharpened face , what do you think now

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The repost is sharp and cute to the hilt !! What I find not in order is ISO 800 ???? Thought you never go above ISO 200 :)

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Harshad - Repost is better. Cute tiger and shot. I like the composition.

TFS,
Rachel

[Alfred Forns]

.. it is better but would not call sharp !!!

[Morkel Erasmus]

repost is definitely a huge improvement Bhai - what I love here is the cuteness and the colours in the BG which complement the tiger cub very well

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice pose and what a magnificent cub, too bad it is soft.

was the focus point on the head??? Unfortunately when focus is soft or motion blur there isn't much you can do because the information is not there. With noise can always do NR!

TFS

[Fabs Forns]

Adorable expression and colors. I think he made a movement too fast for the 1/200 s/s as noted. Will be looking forward to the others :)

[Sid Garige]

Cute little guy. Brilliant background. Nice job Harshad.

[Steve Canuel]

Cute pose, repost looks better. Would like to see a little more room on the left if you have it so that the black stripe on the back isn't interrupted. I think it leads the eye up to the face nicely.

[Marc Mol]

Agree with others above, very cute image all the same!
Would make a great child's storybook cover with that wave hello!
TFS

[Hilary Hann]

Despite the slight softness, this is a really appealing image. I saw softer images in the latest BBC Wildlife photographer of the year images! :confused:

[Harshad Barve]

Thanks everyone posted one more image of this cutie in ETL

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Harshad, I think the above comments say it all.

If you had shot this on a brighter day, or the tech's would have been better you would have had a cracker of an image. The 'Cute' factor would have broken the 100% barrier, there is no denying that. The look, expression, raised paw, BG all works, even the tree trunk, albeit it rather dominant in the frame, however it's the sharpness that just drops it and for me, one that might not have made it through. In addition the colour is just to saturated.

Again, harsh perhaps Harshad, but you wanted me to be honest and I am trying to be. You are very fortunate in being able to get to this location and have the sightings you have seen, not many have, but I really want you to nail those shots for the future.

Perhaps I should try and send you one of Andy's tiger books for inspiration :)

TFS
Steve ;)

[Harshad Barve]

Thanks everyone , Little Maters # 4 posted