Waghdoh male | Tadoba's showstoppers (#4)

[Bhargava Srivari]

This chap needs no introduction; the size of his head is enough for people to take notice of his enormity. His character though, is not the big bully that his size suggests. A gentle father for 3 cubs in the Waghdoh region, and 4 cubs in Teliya, he is a monster dad who loves spending as much time as he can with his off springs :-)

Will post images of him lazing around with his cubs soon.
f/5.6, ISO 400, EV +0.3, 1/320sec, evaluative metering.
canon eos 7d, canon ef 300 f/2.8 L IS II USM + 2x extender III

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see a huge male tiger. Is he hurt in the right eye? The low angle looks nice. Is this full frame? The image seems to be bit dark. Thanks for sharing.

[Bhargava Srivari]

Mrudul,

Yes he is hurt. He suffered the injury in the eye while fighting off a male tiger. The image is a small crop, from the bottom and right. Agree that the image is a little dark. It was intentional; I honestly don't know why I felt keeping it slightly dark.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

He is not just huge, by far the biggest tiger in Indian forest to me. Have just fallen for this chap:), Lovely image Bhargava
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[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely image of the Waghdoh male resting. I guess he hurt his eye in a fight early this year. Have been seeing his images with smaller eye since. Huge guy and definitely a great dad. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice pose. Good that you have eye contact in one eye atleast. It is always a pleasure to sight a large tiger. Thankfully, this doesn't seem to be another cement bath tub for tigers.

I agree that the image is dark. More space at the bottom and right and showing the habitat would be nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi