Bhargava Srivari
01-08-2012, 10:20 AM
An image of a wild tiger family beating the heat on a harsh Summer morning. I found it tough to frame all the five of them; there was space at the top and bottom but not on the sides :( Cropped a little from the top and bottom. I also think there is a hint of horizon tilt, that unfortunately cannot be corrected because of lack of space at the sides.
This was the craziest of all the 6 tiger sightings that morning; this water hole at Waghdoh offers clear view only from one spot and only two jeeps can be parked there. We were fortunate to find one of the two slots. Initially, we were third in line for this slot and at the point only the male was present at the water hole. Fortunately for us, and unfortunately for the other tourists, they began to lose patience and vacated the spot only a few minutes before the entire family came down to the water hole. We were only too happy! Praveen Siddannavar would know how difficult it was to manage to find a place from where we could get all the tigers in one frame :D
Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 300 f/2.8 L IS II USM
f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/400sec, EC -2/3, evaluative metering.
This was the craziest of all the 6 tiger sightings that morning; this water hole at Waghdoh offers clear view only from one spot and only two jeeps can be parked there. We were fortunate to find one of the two slots. Initially, we were third in line for this slot and at the point only the male was present at the water hole. Fortunately for us, and unfortunately for the other tourists, they began to lose patience and vacated the spot only a few minutes before the entire family came down to the water hole. We were only too happy! Praveen Siddannavar would know how difficult it was to manage to find a place from where we could get all the tigers in one frame :D
Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 300 f/2.8 L IS II USM
f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/400sec, EC -2/3, evaluative metering.