Hi All,
Finally, I managed to get out of my work schedule to get some tigers in the amazing Bandhavgarh NP, India. It was a delight to meet up with Haseeb again and we did some safaris there. To our good luck, we did get some decent sightings. Here is one that I had always wanted to see and photograph. This was in Magdhi area. This is Dotty's cub, they had made a kill and here he was quenching his thirst. We were the only vehicle when this happened in the evening. Many thanks to Haseeb for everything!
1DX II
500mm
1/1600
f/9
ISO 3200
Nice view of this tiger and a nice setting. My first thought was this would make a nice vertical with the reflection. But you would loose the tail. I see you are at f/9 do you need that much depth of field here?
Hi Sanjeev, this is awesome, to get a Tiger drinking is cool, but head on like this, out in the open without any distracting elements, very envious. I bet you two had a celebratory beer when you got back, but just the one!
Techs are spot on and i like the slightly off-set placement with the tail to the right and being visible. My only thought would be to perhaps go 16x10, darken the FG as everything is just a bit flat and then punch in some colour via some warming of the WB, reduce the blue, Curves, a tad of Saturation, but with this one, a hint more Vibrance as the OP looks a tad cool with the blue creeping in too.
Sanjeev this is a real belter of an image to close off the year & decade with, huge respect on this one.
Hi Steve, thanks a lot. Appreciate your kind words. Your RP is rocking and has lifted the image to its correct point. I did celebrate it with shot of Vodka & lime (as it was too cold ) with Haseeb giving company with black coffee by the bon fire.
Super shot Sanjeeve, congratulations, I saw Dotty and the leg and tail of one of her cubs! Eventually I am getting I think a slightly better eye for colour, I see a slight blue cast in the original, for brevity's sake I would suggest a little more oomph, slightly more colour and contrast. Nevertheless a super shot, love the composition.
Hi Doc -- Indeed a delightful sighting and image. Loved the drinking pose and the light. Steve's RP definitely improve things in terms of colours and oomph. I liked the framing and the tongue sticking out. Your image has slightly bluish cast as pointed out by Jon.
Nicely done. Keep them coming .
TFS.
Last edited by haseeb badar; 12-23-2019 at 04:03 AM.
Hi Sanjeev ... agree a stunning shot , the free view and the head on shot is making it for me .
All in all a great image , just the colors in the OP are a bit off . Still think the cam should deliver finer detail ........ and why have you used F9 ?