Bang Bang Bandhavgarh

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all

Back from Bandhavgarh , We had awesome trip , 17 sightings in 10 rounds , still its winter here ,
D300, 300/F4 , ISO 400, 1/800 HH , Mild morning against light
All C & C are most welcome ,
Harshad

[Chris Korman]

Very impressive photo. Good quality of light and good composition.

[Ken Watkins]

Harshad,

Sensational colours great pose and sharpness.

I tried out a closer crop what do you think?

[Harshad Barve]

Awesome re-post Ken ,
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Harshad,

Thanks very much, looking at it again I think I should have given a little more space on LHS for "look into".

[Morkel Erasmus]

fantastic light and colours here Bhai - I like Ken's repost too (with some more space on LHS)

another option is taking your OP and cropping some off the top and RHS

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Harshad and welcome back.

I do find the colour (especially the reds) running a bit high on this, just a thought, but dropping the Cyan in colour balance does help, offering cleaner whites of the Tiger and by using a mask you can retain the nice rich colours of the BG. I like the alert, poised, stance but feel that the inclusion of the whole leg would would have been better. perhaps a slightly tighter, deeper landscape crop may I think, work towards what you have set out, still capturing the essence of the original image.

TFS
Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Harshad - good looking tiger, intense gaze and interesting light. Some good suggestions above regarding crop.

TFS,
Rachel

[Grace Scalzo]

Seems as if this is one of those images that offers many possibilities. I love it, Harshad, fine detail and intense eyes. Looking forward to more.

[Todd Frost]

Welcome back Harshad. Great looking cat. Agree that the reds seem a bit strong. Good sharpness. Gald you had many sightings. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Russell Johnson]

Great image, Harshad.

I am not too fussy reagrding the red....I know that light can be that intense.

[DanWalters]

Really like the horizontal crop. Like the color of the surrounding vegetation as well.

[Robert Amoruso]

Hi Harshad and welcome back.

I do find the colour (especially the reds) running a bit high on this, just a thought, but dropping the Cyan in colour balance does help, offering cleaner whites of the Tiger and by using a mask you can retain the nice rich colours of the BG. I like the alert, poised, stance but feel that the inclusion of the whole leg would would have been better. perhaps a slightly tighter, deeper landscape crop may I think, work towards what you have set out, still capturing the essence of the original image.

TFS
Steve

I am agreeing with Steve here Harshad. In the OP the legs just look truncated. In Ken's repost it looks intentional. I would add more in front of Ken's crop but also cut the right side 1/2 way between the two legs.