Beauty from Ranthambore

[Vipin Sharma]

Guys , delighted to join set of professionals on Indiawilds.
Here is my first photo on Indiawild...........NOOR or T39.I was in Ranthambore and first day , first safari and see how she made my day.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hi Vipin,

Welcome to IndiaWilds..!!

Nice start with a tigress image. Nice walking pose captured. Good eye contact. Is this a full frame image? Some more space at the bottom to include the front paws in full would have enhanced the composition further. Please post your equipment details and EXIF details with each post, as that would help to comment better. Thanks for sharing.

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[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Very interesting image. Pattern of eyebrows above the left and right eyes looks different, a distinctive feature. White hairs inside right ear are visible and the dorsal aspect of left ear with white spot is seen signifying that it is alert and covering 360 degree with its keen hearing sense by rotating the ears. Nice eye contact and facial details. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Vipin Sharma]

Hi ! Mrudul,

Thnx indeed for your comments. This is a full frame image.
Here is the shooting information.
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
ISO Speed 3200
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens 150-500mm
Focal Length 313.0 mm

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Vipin,
Welcome to IndiaWilds!

Nice way to start with a tiger image. The eye contact is nice. I guess it was closer. In such situations, it is better to zoom out and click using a wider focal length. When the body part of an animal gets cut, the impression is created that the composition is by accident. If you must cut off a body part, then consider doing so at the joints like knee etc. In this case, since you were using 313 mm focal length, you could have zoomed out.

Including more space in the direction the animal is moving in results in a better composition.

Consider vertical composition as well. The image becomes more intimate when the camera is at the eyelevel of the animal. When the animal is close to the jeep, it becomes difficult. Nevertheless one should explore a lower angle if possible.

ISO 3200 is a lot for this camera. Nevertheless, keep on trying the lowest possible ISO without sacrificing sharpness.

Lastly, the copyright mark is bang on the subject. It is not required. Normally it should be placed on one corner without ruining the subject. Technically that is enough. These days there are many images floating in the net. The max one can do is download your image for a school assignment. I won't grudge that. For commercial applications, these low resolution images are not enough. So copyright mark overlapping on the subject doesn't give you much benefit except for diminishing our viewing pleasure.

You can introduce yourself with details in the Who's Who section.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Vipin Sharma]

Thnx indeed Sabyasachi , your suggestions are well taken.
On the copyright issues , since in past I have had a bad experience of people using some of my images without my permission hence is the decision to do so , but nevertheless the point is taken and hence forth all my images on Indiawilds will not have at least bang on subject.
Once again thanks for your comments and suggestions.
Regards
Vipin

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice eye contact vipin, agree with the above comments.

TFS
Roopak