Kanha Times. Jun 2015

[Rajbir Oberoi]

All that is ahead belongs to me. Rather this is where I belong!!


Canon 5d Mark III + Canon 100-400
ISO 1250, F/7.1, 1/1000s
Handheld
Slight Saturation added in PP
Image Size (5000*3200), Please help me with the crop percentage.

Jun 2015
Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh

[Bhargava Srivari]

Nice, warm colors. It is never easy to make a compelling image when the subject is facing away from you, but the addition of the forest cover in the direction of the animal helps here. I cannot see what focal length you shot this image at, but if the option existed, I would personally shoot this at a wider focal length to show more forest in the background and also leave a wee bit more space at the right of the frame.

[Rajbir Oberoi]

Hi Bhargava, it is clicked on 400mm focal length, i wud have clicked it on wider focal length as well had there been no gypsys on the direction where Tiger is Looking :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

crop percentage calculation. I normally use this formula in an excel sheet so it becomes easy to calculate.

(Original image -cropped image)/Original image}*100 = {(A*B-a*b)/(A*B)}*100
For 5D II the original image size = 5760x3840
Say you cropped the image to = 5000x3200
Now the crop percentage is = {[(5760x3840)-(5000x3200)]/(5760x3840)} = 27.6%
ie. you have cropped off 27.6% or close to one thirds of the image.

I agree with Bhargava that may be a wider shot would have been of interest as now our eye immediately focuses on one tree trunk in the middle of the frame.

Also, if possible moving more to your left ie. shifting the jeep to the left would have been better. However since these forests allow too many vehicles in a small area, it becomes difficult to have a good experience and compose as per wish.