Praveen,
I will post an colour version later.

Sandesh,
The rain had just stopped and I saw something walking ahead and then realised that it was a tiger. The driver could not spot it. I then asked him to move closer and the tiger stopped and turned and watched me trying to handhold the 400mm. I asked the driver to stop and clicked a few images. Tried for environmental portrait, so didn't attach the converter.

Anuradha,
I think slightly less foreground would have brought in more emphasis on the tiger.

I think elephant skin gives very nice texture to the image and it helps in standing out. Ofcourse, the details have to be captured. In this case, the tiger is much smaller in the frame and is against the light as well.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi