Queen in rim light

[Joel Gouder]

Due to joy, exictement and great feel of the tiger forget to change the settings as this was my first time tiger sighting in Bandipur after close to 80 safaris.I hope you all will enjoy this and happy republic day.


Focal Length - 300 mm
F-Number - F/9
Exposure Time - 1/250 Sec.
ISO Speed - ISO-200
Metering Mode - Center Weighted Average
Exposure Compensation -0.7 Step
Body - Nikon D7000
Lens - AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED (4.3x)

[Mrudul Godbole]

Happy Republic Day..!!

Congrats on your first tiger sighting . The dripping water looks nice. Some more details would have enhanced the image further. Thanks for sharing.

[Joel Gouder]

Happy Republic Day..!!

Congrats on your first tiger sighting . The dripping water looks nice. Some more details would have enhanced the image further. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Mrudul

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Congratulations on your First sighting of a Tiger on the Republic Day of the largest democracy in the world.
I like the pose,composition,water dripping down from the body.I feel slightly underexposed photograph shows the mystique characteristics of the Tiger. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Joel Gouder]

Congratulations on your First sighting of a Tiger on the Republic Day of the largest democracy in the world.
I like the pose,composition,water dripping down from the body.I feel slightly underexposed photograph shows the mystique characteristics of the Tiger. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

Thanks Sakti, i am glad that you liked my image

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree that the rim light with the dripping water gives a nice feel. While using auto focus, you need to quickly see if the focus is locking or not. Most of the auto focus systems work on the basis of difference in contrast, so the auto focus point locks on to the area with maximum contrast. So when the tiger is in shadow, the critical focus gets missed.

I am happy that after so many safari's you saw a tiger. That adds to the mystique of the tiger as well. I am sure you will see many more in the future.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi