Licking Lips
The Tiger gets up sighting a mouth watering prospect... Scientific name - Panthera tigris tigris. Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve, India.
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII, ISO 2000, F5.6, 1/250, Gitzo, wimberly v2, Full frame image.
A major cause for worry is the closed genetic pool in our premier reserves, as they are cut off from the other wilderness areas.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Last edited by Sabyasachi Patra; 03-28-2011 at 11:20 AM.
Hi Sabyasachi, you and Harshad are really making me think about a trip back with these shots.
I feel my initial response to the image would be a comment left on the last one, to add a bit more Vibrance & Sat just to add a bit more punch, but am viewing on laptop so... I do like the perspective and the body posture off centre, but wished the BG to the right (as viewed) was mirror on the LHS, as the darker area & green highlight is slightly distracting IMHO to the main subject, the TIGER. Still a pleasure to see these animals.
Does this mean that the the Tigers are left to interbreeding and susceptible to gene & health issues?A major cause for worry is the closed genetic pool in our premier reserves
TFS
Steve
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love the pose and low angle here Sabya - agree with Steve it could do with a bit more "punch"
despite the OOF foliage in front I like that the head is in the open
Agree with Steve and Morkel on a little more punch to the image, although there is a lovely soft feel to it. The bright green in the background does draw the eye away from the tiger and wonder if you can subdue it slightly in pp without altering the feel of the forest environment. Love the face and tongue.
Love the tongue out and intense stare...I would lighten it up a bit and add a bit of contrast and levels as well as more sat. BG doesn't bother me it is wild conditions after all ( I think)...Nice one
Last edited by Dumay de Boulle; 03-29-2011 at 07:31 AM.
Hi Steve,Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski
Unfortunately, it is a fact. There is lot of inbreeding happening, as the linkages between our forests are lost due to explosive growth in human habitations and also due to large infrastructure projects like dams, canals etc.
Most of our tiger habitats are fragmented so the tigers have no way of going out and repopulating other areas. The adolescents who are forced out by the dominant tigers, move to the periphery and often get poached or poisoned. In Sariska Tiger Reserve, when the tigers were wiped out due to poaching, they airlifted tigers from Ranthambhore. Unfortunately, they brought in siblings as those were the first to be sighted when the airforce helicopter reached ranthambhore. Last year one tiger from Ranthambhore managed to reach Bharatpur (Keoladeo Ghana National Park) by hiding in sugar cane fields and scarce vegetation. Amazing instinct. Now that tiger has been relocated to Sariska. One tiger from Ranthambhore managed to reach Kuno-palanpur sanctuary though the intervening forests are long gone. We have made life terribly difficult for tigers. :(
It is an accepted fact that any population (of a species) which is less than 500, is susceptible. And, we don't have a single contiguous landscape with 500 tigers. The recent census figures talks of increase in tiger numbers, however the methodology is yet to be proven or accepted in peer reviewed journals. Of course, there is addition to the tiger numbers due to new landscapes being added and camera traps revealing new tigers. For eg. in one of our projects with WWF the camera traps revealed a number of tigers and the area is likely to become another tiger reserve (proposal is pending). However, given the high number of tiger deaths in the last two years the increase in numbers by the recent estimation doesn't excite. The future is certainly not rosy for the tigers. :(
Sabyasachi
Hi Sabyasachi, indeed, although bolstered by the census, there is still a lot that needs to be done and to realise, Tigers are worth more ALIVE than dead.The future is certainly not rosy for the tigers
There was an interesting documentary a while back where they were trying to see if Tigers could link up through/using the Tibetan corridor - 'Lost Land Of The Tiger': Filming in Bhutan by Gordon Buchanan
Appreciate the info, many thanks.
Steve
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I too agree.
Interesting info on the tigers. Great pose and POV. Agree with the others about more punch.
TFS,
Rachel
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