Licking Lips

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The Tiger gets up sighting a mouth watering prospect... Scientific name - Panthera tigris tigris. Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve, India.

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII, ISO 2000, F5.6, 1/250, Gitzo, wimberly v2, Full frame image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Interesting pose captured. Sharp. Nice details. The licking motion adds interest to the image. Thanks for sharing.

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice Pose. The light seems low. I like the licking pose. A bit more sharpness would have been good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

You are talking about more sharpness in capture or sharpening in post processing?

[Mohan Matang]

What an attractive shot! Nice composition and background color too..!!!

[Bibhav Behera]

The inherent image sharpness looks good. I meant a bit more sharpness in PP.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image .The pose and composition are nice. The head has come out well being in the clear. Guess ive been missing a lot of action here. Caught up at work.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Roopak,
It is not easy to balance time especially when there are so many distractions all around. We are also missing your comments and opinions in wildlife as well as conservation sections.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Dipankar Mazumdar]

Dear Sabyasachi,

Brilliant Frame, i guess the timing was spot on !!. To my mind, the white fronts of the tiger make for a pleasant contrast with the ochre and the white.

from the position of its fore paws, it seems just prior to getting up it, it must have given you a splendid " look in the lens with tail twitching image" . Do share if you have that one.

Cheers
Dipankar