Tiger was on move and for a long time I photographed it from its back. It moved uphill & blank. No sign of Tiger. All gypsies moved off but after consultation with guide & driver we decided to wait. We waited for around 30-40 odd minutes and there it was. Coming down from the hill, giving us a scary look & then moving off to this water body to swim to another end. I wished that he looks atleast once towards me while in water and he just read my mind.
Shot in low light. Adjusted curves & removed bkgr noise.
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 2000
Great sighting and story on how u managed to see this tiger. i am not sure that cutting the tail worked and the tigers head is slighty soft. I am sure you were very happy seeing and getting this image TFS
I would have loved to get the tail but there was a huge tree trunk at the back. Just beyond the point where the tail was getting into water. on second thought I should have got that in frame.
I have a different shot where I have the tail in water but the Tiger is looking else where. will share the shot soon.
Cool story, but cutting the tail has taken away for me here. Great to see this guy in the water. I would go back and re-sharpen a bit more and give the image a 2-3 degree CW rotation judging by the water.
Cool Munish, normally one should use a SS setting that is not lower then lens focal length used. I see you used a 400 mm lens so you needed to up SS to at least 1/400. This will always help you get sharper images. If light is low, then use a higher ISO or use flash
Nice story and sighting Munish...
Harshad's crop and colour corrections are headed in the direction I was going to suggest. A good pointer is to always try and crop out the tail if you've cut it off like in this shot, makes it look more polished if you know what I mean.
The version you shared is 100 times better and I see the areas where I need to improve upon the image. I am trying to edit to reach upto somewhere near the version you have shared.