B2 - up close

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. B2 after a heavy meal from the kill made by Mirchahani female walks past. I had the 70-200 and 2x attached. So this is the widest (140mm) I could go. Ofcourse, that helped in eliminating a few bright patches and bush in front.

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 L IS II USM, EF 2xII, ISO 500, 1/800, f6.3, full frame image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bhargava Srivari]

The raised paw is nice, but the space on the right is a little less for my liking. Opinions might vary though. Also Sabyasachi, is it not better that you keep the 70-200 as is without the TC? Because that 140mm you shot at is available to you even without the TC attached to the 70-200 and who knows, shooting at 120 or 130mm would have given you that little extra space on the right! One more thing..with the 70-200+2x TC, you get to 400mm and you have the 400mm f2.8 to serve you at that focal length:)

Apart from that, the colors look nice and a head turn is desirable. What's with this luck you have for sighting tigers? A lot of people envy you for that luck!:)

tfs

Bhargava

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bhargava,
I agree with your point. I was clicking with 400f2.8 plus 2x attached to my Mark IV. The place where B2 was expected to come out of the vegetation needed a 400mm. However, I knew he will come straight towards me after that. So quickly detached the 400mm while keeping the 2x connected with the Mark IV and then connected the 70-200. So the focal length became 140 to 400mm. The Mark II had the 24-70 and was inside the bag (to protect from dust) :( .

I would be happy having 3 camera bodies and lenses attached to them. However, I had to pay excess baggage charges this time. (I had two camera bags one weighing 17kgs and the other 9kgs). So need to cut down on equipment and be a little more disciplined. So I will soon sell one body and some other stuff. :(

I have been photographing B2 and his siblings B1, B3 as well as Rajbehera Male etc since long. These shots are nowhere compared to the sighting I had of a tiger trying to chew a pangolin. Those were the film days. May be someday I need to scan my old negatives and slides.

Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose captured. I agree the raised paw adds interest.The eye contact is nice. With the 70-200mm only you could have got a nice environment photograph. Thanks for sharing.

[Bhargava Srivari]

Quite understandable. The problem with TC's is that they will keep both ur body and lens exposed to dust when you wish to use them in summer during safaris:( Because of this, the user is alwyas worried about the dust harming the equipment and does get a few things wrong in the hurry! Still, the image is thoroughly enjoyable....and by the way what is the body you are wishing to sell?

Bhargava

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bhargava,
The good is I found the 70-200 f2.8 L IS USM does very well with the 2xII TC. Much better than the 70-200 f2.8 L IS version.

I will be selling the 1D Mark II as I am doing more of filming with the Mark IV.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bhargava Srivari]

Oh yes, the 70-200 does very well with the 2x TC attached. I got to test this combination(a friend's)and I was surprised that even after attaching the TC, it performs on par with the 100-400 and even better in some situations!

Bhargava

[V S Sankar]

Nice photpgraph and sharpness.Good discussion on equipment,environment,TCs and lenses.

If it is not a secret what price you are expecting for the Mark II?

Regards

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image. Sighting of a pangolin is itself rare. Wud love to see the Tiger -Pangolin series .

TFS
Roopak