Tiger

[Vinay Lakshman]

Bandhavgarh National Park - India | June 2010

Canon EOS 1D MkIII
Canon EF 500mm F/4

1/2000
F/4
ISO 400
Exposure -1/3

[Alfred Forns]

Nice moody image Like the cat's position in frame but would take a bit of the top ! More light on the rear of the animal for some detail would have been helpful !! ... btw might be just my personal choice but dark frames around the borders are not helping the image .. interesting how others feel? .. could be just me !!!

[Hilary Hann]

Handsome cat here and like the dark background but agree with Al, don't feel that the dark border adds to this image. I think that the tiger needs a curves adjustment as he looks a bit muddy and I think the stripes could be improved visually. I would also attempt to extract more detail from the hindquarters as well. TFS.

[rajivsarathy]

I think the tiger's hind quarters are muddy. It's the peak of summer, and tigers spend most of the day lazing in whatever water they can find to ward off the heat. Fortunately, that also makes them easier to find, e.g., at this park. I was there in the winter a couple of years ago, and the tigers were much more difficult to spot, though I got some great shots of the king of that jungle, nicknamed "Bokkha." Sadly, I understand the villagers recently killed a female with two or three cubs at that park after she killed a young woman.

I agree with the two comments above.

[Hilary Hann]

Rajiv, I have looked again closely at the hindquarters and I think you are most probably right about the mud.

[Pingal Chanda]

Nice shot vinay ... I think this is kallu ...........
Vinay will you plz help me to know that how a forum participant can post a photograph in this site

[Ben Harris]

And to think I was worried about encountering a wild boar this past weekend. ;)

I might mess with the curves to get a little more detail in the coat, but still an awesome image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like how this guys musculature is nicely visible, especially on the front limb. I agree with cropping some from above, and I would not sharpen the grass. I would also tone down the lighter dots above the tiger's head.

Pingal....PM sent to you...

[Harshad Barve]

Moody image here Vinay , would love to have some thing like this my files , excellent comments above
TFS

though I got some great shots of the king of that jungle, nicknamed "Bokkha." .

I have to get decent shot of him till date , would love to see your images

Sadly, I understand the villagers recently killed a female with two or three cubs at that park after she killed a young woman.

I am visiting Bandhavgarh since last two years twice a month , never heard or seen , all are rumours IMHO

[rajivsarathy]

I am visiting Bandhavgarh since last two years twice a month , never heard or seen , all are rumours IMHO

I know a newspaper article doesn't mean that it is true, but I think it is more than just a rumor (spelled "rumour" everywhere outside U.S.): see the Times of India article that is available online at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/5964146.cms

When I was there in January 2008, one of the senior officials at the park (who also happened to be a biologist) told me that there was an elderly woman who was seen being eaten by a tigress, but people thought that the woman may have died before the tigress came upon her. Perhaps the villagers were exacting their revenge this time because the victim was a young woman who likely did not die before facing the tigress?

I think this sort of thing may happen to the villagers who travel through the jungle paths on foot alone. Tourists are generally not affected because they are restricted to jeeps.

[rajivsarathy]

Harshad, here is more on the senseless act (though with more of a conspiracy theory) from a contributor in this forum, Sabayaschi Patra: http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/band...unover-by-jeep

Very sad story if this is indeed a coverup in progress.

[Harshad Barve]

It was Jhujhura female , hit by vehiclke , not killed by Villagers ,

[rajivsarathy]

Yes, I'm still trying to find the article I read a few weeks ago in which someone postulated that the villagers (who are often the jeep drivers and guides) killed her with the vehicle in revenge. That article indicated that the tigress was hit repeatedly with the vehicle (not just hit once, as would be the case in an accident).

Oh, and I posted one of my photos of Bokkha in another thread.

[rajivsarathy]

Can't find that article, but found this one from The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/27/stor...2762991300.htm. It seems unlikely to me that government workers would be looking for a site to dig a lake at 4:30 a.m.

The multiple blunt force trauma could have been caused by different vehicles according to this report, each by inadvertence or unavoidance. Still, sad that three cubs are likely to be additional victims.