Pride of Bandipur!

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is from my previous trips to Bandipur, I had posted few images not sure if I did this so sharing. This is Agastya the oldest male in Bandipur aged approx 13 years. I shot this on 5th Feb'10 @ 6:06pm, the light was really bad hence had to bump the iso to 1600 the max in 40D:(.

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/50
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO 1600
Focal length 400mm
Full Frame & Hand held

[Bibhav Behera]

I like the stare. The pose looks nice too. I like the peephole feel to the image. You did well given the circumstances. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nicely composed. I love the framing. Lovely pose too. Well done in the circumstances. You could try boosting the sharpness, though that will obviously make the noise more prominent.
TFS.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Fine pose and eye contact. Its been a few months since I last saw a tiger in bandipur. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[V S Sankar]

Nice pose by the tiger.I dont know whether it is aggressive posture or just drinking posture.Again a clean photo at low light conditions.....hand held.....Good work

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thank you all for the comments.

Sankar - this posture is that of drinking water and not aggression, I had posted a image from this series of this Tiger drinking water with his tongue out.

Sabyasachi - Tigers are still being sighted at Bandipur however there has been excellent Leopard sightings for past few weeks.