Its since last 20 days
Dear all
Its since last 20 days I have not seen a Tiger
Heading to Bandhvgarh National park with group of 8 birdwatchers :eek::eek: from Bangalore for 4 awesome days , Temperatures are soaring in Central India and today it was 37 deg Celsius.
Trying some thing different ,
D300 , 300/F4 at F4, ISO 400 , 1/800 HH
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad
Last edited by Harshad Barve; 03-16-2011 at 04:38 AM.
Harshad, good for you trying something different. I'm impressed. I can't comment too much on the image because I'm not at my computer but what I can see looks really interesting. I'll look in the morning and give better feedback then.
I hope you have tiger time amongst the birding!
Harshadbhai, good attentive pose, and I like the shrpness on the head. I would try and up the contrast and maybe adds some black to just the tiger. Hope you have a great trip, and dont forget to come back with more images of feathered friends than tigers.
nice to see you experimenting Bhai :)
I like the pose and (apparent?) back-light, but the conversion lacks punch for me. It's just too grey if you understand what I mean.
Re-defining the white, grey and black points could help here, as you ideally want the whites bright and the blacks quite dark.
Very surprised you went for a B&W conv here Harshad, doesn't quite work for me either, the tonal range is too limiting, Morkel's suggested work would improve this.
Have a great 4 legged birding trip !!
Harshad - nice pose and sharpness. I agree with Morkel and Marc that the conversion needs a bit more punch. Good luck on your trip.
TFS,
Rachel
Harshad, I think Morkel has nailed it with his comment regarding lack of punch. Looks a bit flat as presented. I think that there is a lot to be gained by mastering black and white as it helps us see an image without the distractions of colour … so things such as design, tonality and structure become more obvious. Even those who don't like b&w for wildlife would probably find they see a lot more in their images by mastering the techniques, then if they choose not to present any b&w they have lost nothing and gained a lot. That's my view, anyway.
Choosing the right subject matter is key to b&w and this image probably has a bit too much busyness in the background to really set off the beautiful tiger's stripes. Tigers do lend themselves graphically to monochrome but to my mind, choosing one of your images with a very small DOF, so that the background and foreground are soft and not intrusive would be a start. Then the stripes and form of the tiger would immediately leap out of the background and by adjusting contrast and tonality you would be amazed at how it would present itself.
Anyway, well done on pushing envelopes and trying different things.
Harshad,
Interesting expiriment but not my cup of tea.
Hi Harshad, great to see you trying something new, especially with you 'pride & joy', your tigers.
Morkel has summed things up well and when you have time, would suggest you try to implement his thoughts as it's a great image to 'experiment' with and there is some good qualities within it. However, saying that, I do feel an image of this majesty really does need to be seen in 'full colour'.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Harshad do like the image, B&W works very nicely and suites this image. A bit more contrast will improve thing as suggested. I am sure that colour version work nicely as well TFS
20 days, how have you survived :eek:! I have no room to talk about experimenting with B&W Harshad but I too like to see tigers in all their color. You have a nice clean look at the front end of this one and I like how the trees and grass near his hindquarters seem to wrap around him. Detail looks good.
Thanks everyone
I agree with you this does not work
This is color one ,
Harshad,
I think this repost illustrates perfectly why colour photography was developed
Same thoughts KenOriginally Posted by Ken Watkins
Harshad,
I think this repost illustrates perfectly why colour photography was developed
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