Tiger licking its lips

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I have photographed this in Bandhavgarh National Park in one early morning.

Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie. at 800mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/400

Look forward to your comments.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Lovely composition. The image looks a tad saturated... otherwise looks flawless...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Sharp. Nice moment captured. Lovely eye contact. I liked the composition and the leisurely pose in the water.No nits.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bibhav,
The light was magical. There is no changes to the white balance or to saturation, hardly did any changes to levels, contrast etc. Will upload the screen shot later so that people can understand.

Also, when you increase the saturation, you will find the colour of the tongue more reddish. I always keep an eye on shadows as that tells us the time of the day the photograph was clicked. In this case, the light was soft and hardly any shadows.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[AB Apana]

Nice one, Sabyasachi, not sure if it needs a tad more sharpening.

Apana