Zara and Charger at night

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

This is in continuation of the dusk shots of Zara & Charger. After night fell, they settled down on this ledge with their cubs. In this shot we see Charger turning his head to look at me after checking out on his cubs who had come out of the undergrowth.

Shot with the Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm, 300mm , ISO 640, 1/4s - F/7.1

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely pose. Nice to see them relaxing in the open. Is this full frame? Slight more space on the left, as her paw is nearly touching the frame and some more space on the right to include the tail in full would be good. The shutter speed was quite less. Were you using a tripod or bean bag? Thanks for sharing.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Hi Mrudul, thanks. Have cropped the image by about 40% and yes touched on the paws and cut of part of the tail to get Charger's face in fuller detail. No this is not full frame. Next time am going to take the chance with higher ISOs to bump up the shutter speed