A Close Encounter

[Santanu Banik]

Enjoyed the company of this majestic Bengal Tiger for some time at Kanha Tiger Reserve.
Full frame - wish I could get a bit more space at the bottom.
Comments and suggestions most welcome!

40D, 600mm @ F/6.3 aperture priority, ISO 400, -1/3 ev

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely head-on pose in exquisite light here Santanu! how I wish you had used less "dead space" on top and got all of the feet in was pointing the lens slightly downward not an option? what were you resting it on?

[Harshad Barve]

Can't imagine you clipped paws here

Love the pose , details and BG , color cast is issue which can be easily fixed
TFS

[Nancy Bell]

Wonderful head-on view. I know when I am concentrating on the face I don't always remember to check all the edges of the image in the view finder :eek:. Since I wear glasses I actually had a special pair made so I could more easily see camera info and the image in the view finder. Still a wonderful tiger image and fantastic that he/she is out in the open.

[Santanu Banik]

Thanks to Morkel, Harshad bhai and Nancy for your feedback.

@ Morkel: The lens was resting on the back seat of our safari vehicle. Yes pointing downwards was definitely an option.

@ Harshad bhai: I tried to minimise the casting now - does it look okay?

[Harshad Barve]

Can't see re-post

[Ken Watkins]

Santanu,

Very nice indeed, it's a pity about the missing paws but it is not the end of the world.

I might try cropping closer to say the bottom of the chest, and perhaps a slight boost in contrast.

[Santanu Banik]

@ Harshad bhai: I meant the original pic is now referring to the updated one.

@ Ken: Thanks for your suggestions. I boosted the contrast slightly (in the original pic).