Tiger ! Bandhavgarh

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All

Photographed this male tiger in Bandhavgarh NP with 7D , 300/F4 at F4 , ISO 400 , 1/400
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad

[Hazel Grant]

sharp on the tiger. too bad that lr corner branch cut off the leg, but you get what you can, especially when a tiger is snarling at you! Maybe just a bit of sat boost needed. good eye contact.

[John Chardine]

Now that's amazing to see Harshad. No matter how hard I try I just can't imagine actually seeing such an animal like this in the wild. I could do without the OOF diagonal tree trunck in the LR but other than that it's a lovely portrait of an amazing animal.

[Ian Cassell]

Agree with the above comments, Harshad. What a beautiful animal! I would love to see one in the wild, but might have second thoughts if I was that close and he looked at me that way!

[Kerry Perkins]

Harshad, I can totally imagine what it is like to encounter this magnificent animal in the wild. I can feel my pulse going crazy, my palms sweating, and my mouth getting dry. Shooting with a 300mm lens, you must have been nice and close. I only wish that we could see more of the legs, especially in that LRC as mentioned by others. For me, this image is all about the face, and I would be tempted to make a portrait from it. Thank you for sharing this moment.

[Stan Cunningham]

GREAT CAPTURE!
However, as usual I have to agree with John and Kerry.
I like Kerry's idea of a portrait, and with a 7D you should have a large enough file to crop to that if you haven't already cropped too much.
But to me it's still a keeper, just the lower leg missing would probably get it struck from some contests or editor's choices.
Stan

[Svante Larsson]

Fantastic image and I can just imagine experiencing this in real life. It sure made me click on the bigcattours.com .

[Jeff Cashdollar]

I once read that composition was like "walking in snow without leaving foot prints". IMO, meaning do not let the picture look like you adjusted it, let it flow in a natural state. Regarding this image I do not see the camera, just this great moment in nature - well done.