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    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.

    T24 - about to swim out

    Camera Canon EOS 7D
    Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
    Aperture f/5.6
    Focal Length 400 mm
    ISO Speed 2000

    Comments & critiques are most welcome.

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    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

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    Vivaldo,

    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.

    Cheers,

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    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.

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    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

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    Excellent sighting and How I wish you have kept full tiger in frame

    As you have already clipped tail , I may crop further tight , removed color cast and blurred BG a bit
    Hope you don't mind
    TFS

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    I like Harshad's crop suggestions. Great story and congratulations for persevering and being patient.

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    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.
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    Thanks a lot Harshad bhai..

    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.

    I will share my edits & improvement soon here.

    Thanks a ton,

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    Munish

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    Hi Harshad bhai,

    Here's the one where I have complete tiger in frame. I have tried your suggestions in the PP. Please share your feedback on this.

    T-24

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    Munish Kaushik

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