Tigers of Tadoba#2

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is one of the Telia cubs, aged ~ 7 months, he looks sad and seems waiting for his mom, who apparently went on a hunt. The good news was that she made a kill next day and took all her 4 cubs to feed. I love the expressions by the cub here, but what a life this family must be having.
I Had opportunity to work on different compositions that included various focal length from 100-400mm, however this is shot using my 500mm.

Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm lens
Av 4
Tv 1/400
ISO 400
Focal length 500mm
Almost Full Frame
Support from Gypsy roof
Date and Time : 7th June'12 @ 3:32pm

[Prasad Dingankar]

WOW... such calm & relax. You made my day. Thanks for sharing

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Expression so nicely captured.Nice pose.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

P.S.:In a forest there is no malice nor remorse.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice relaxed pose. The composition looks good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice pose. Good that you found it on a rock without any branches obstructing its head. Wish there was some more space between the hind paw and the frame edge. Is the critical focus on the body as the face doesn't appear sharp. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Atul Sinai]

Nice image Praveen. Loved the feel of this one. TFS

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thanks for the comments

Sabyasachi the focus is on head region, I was struggling to fit the tiger in frame with 500mm

Sakti Ji pointed noted, no malice or remorse in forests:), however as humans we have the natural tendency of making and narrating stories:)

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely image of the cub Praveen. Nice that you got him in the open. Thanks for sharing.

[Gajanan Bapat]

Nice capture; where shoot this snap?

I think the telia cubs age are >10 months

TFS

Gajanan Bapat

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Gajanan Ji this was shot at tank#2 and he is one the Telia cubs, I don't travel there frequently however I was told by Manish Varma our Naturalist that the cubs are aged ~7 months.

[V S Sankar]

'Mom is Always like this......" he cub seem to be contemplating.This is one beautiful shot as is always with you sir.Thanks for the story as well.Enjoyed it(Not that I want the cubs to starve though!)

Regards

[Sabyasachi Patra]

As far as processing in this image the top portion as well as the right side above the leg upwards seems to be dark. Is there any application of graduated filter/darkening during post processing?