Indian Gaur

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The largest of the wild cattle in the wild . Can stand at 6 ft in height .
Made at BR Hills, Mysore .
Camera : Nikon D 200
Lens : Nikkor 300 f4
Aperture : f 4.5
Shutters : 1/750
ISO : 1250

Please excuse the small size . Have to retrieve the image from the external HD which is showing a delayed write error .

Cheers,
Rakesh

[Ken Watkins]

A beautiful image, what is the BG?.

Perhaps a tad more space at the top?

It may be big but the one in Mysore is even bigger

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Thanx Ken. He was scratching himself with his horns , So the BG is is his own skin . Yeah They do get mighty big .

The lodge on B R Hills does not have any fencing and the back up electricity is shut off at night . So , when i had to go to the 'Gol Ghar ' for dinner , these giants crossed my path inches away from . And in the night , it can strike some fear in you. One of the more rustic lodges , I have stayed in ....a great experience .

[Hilary Hann]

Nicely composed and great detail on the horn. I like the eye rolling with the effort or pleasure of scratching the itch. Would love to see a larger image.

[Ken Watkins]

Rakesh,

Thanks, I had not even thought of that

Must get down there again, 36 years is a long wait.

[peter delaney]

beautiful image, agree with Ken about a little more room on top..

[Harshad Barve]

Love the image and how I wish we could see it in bigger size , top class job
TFS

[Robert Amoruso]

I would agree what some more room on top and to left would have been good. Also, at the bottom where you lose detail, that can be reduced/cropped.

[Rachel Hollander]

Very nice and I like the effect of his body as the bg. I agree with the suggestions for a little more room.

TFS,
Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

nicely framed and exposed! are they even larger than Cape Buffalo?
I agree with the suggestions for cropping some off the bottom and adding more on top if you have it

[Kurt Bowman]

Great job seeing and capturing this moment! Did you add some black bar at the bottom to place your signature? It looks like it and I think that is making this feel unbalanced. If not, I agree about dropping some off the bottom. Not sure if you have more room on top since he/she is scratching itself. If you do, I would add a touch back, but I still .like the placement in the frame.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

[QUOTE=Kurt Bowman;644998]Did you add some black bar at the bottom to place your signature? It looks like it and I think that is making this feel unbalanced. QUOTE]

yeah Kurt . There is a black band for the signature . I used to use that frame then .

A lot of suggestions to add some canvas above . But that would actually be the background other than his body . My target was to ensure that there is no separation between the head and the body .

[Steve Canuel]

I like your idea of using his body as the BG. The warm tones of the ear and horn make a nice contrast with the rich dark color of his fur.