Yawn

[Sabyasachi Patra]

My first digital SLR. Canon EOS 10D

I was searching for some other images and stumbled on these. Though I had posted this probably long back, I converted the RAW again with lightroom.

Canon EF 300mm F4 L IS USM, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/60, full frame image, handheld.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Atul Sinai]

Wow. Amazing sharpness at low shutter speed. Loved the pose. TFS

Regards,
Atul

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

"Every Feather!Every Feather!"-The Doctor of Birds,Salim Ali used to say, wrote E.P. Gee.
With such sharpness, Shri Sabyasachi,Please try for Doctor of Mammals.Age is still on your Right side.
Thanks for sharing,
SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovley image. The light is rightly falling on its eyes. Amazing details and sharpness. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more from this collection.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

:) Lovely sir....Burning bright ...kept going back to the image.

Wud've liked a little more space in the FG.

TFS
Roopak

[Bhargava Srivari]

Nice to see an image from a relatively old camera. How long ago was this? I'm expecting this was in the early 2000's, so won't make any suggestions. It will be nice to hear from you how you would have composed this if this sighting was to happen today :)

Cheers

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bhargava,
Please feel free to dish out your suggestions. I would like to hear your critique before responding to whether I would like to make any changes in composition if I shoot it today.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Just saw this. Frankly speaking I am humbled by the suggestion that one day I can be equated with such stalwarts. Hopefully if I can make some meaningful difference to our amazing wildlife and wilderness areas, then I will feel that my life is well lived.

My father was a Professor of Zoology and he used to take PG classes in our house and I had the privilege of listening. I have remembered a few things and importantly retained the essence. Both of my sisters are M Phil and PhDs. I don't have a PhD, so that way, I am the most illiterate in our family. :)

I do read a lot and have been noting down and saving in my computer for the past few years. I wish, I had adopted the habit of noting down in diary like you do when I was visiting forests early in my career.

Thank you a lot for your encouragement. It is highly motivating.

Sabyasachi


"Every Feather!Every Feather!"-The Doctor of Birds,Salim Ali used to say, wrote E.P. Gee.
With such sharpness, Shri Sabyasachi,Please try for Doctor of Mammals.Age is still on your Right side.
Thanks for sharing,
SaktiWild

[Bhargava Srivari]

Hmm..let me think. Would it have been nicer to leave more space in the foreground and move the camera a bit to the right and shoot?

Regards

Bhargava

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bhargava,
The foreground space is upto taste. You can have a bit more.

Just wanted to know why you want to move the camera a bit to the right? If you do so, then you lose the framing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Loved the sharpness and colours here. The glint in the eye is just right and the image well framed. As Roopak mentioned... Tiger Tiger burning Bright :)

Thanks for sharing.

[V S Sankar]

The sun's rays are falling on the animal like a waterfall.Very much enjoyed watching this picture.The animal appears very cuddly to me in this pose.I agree with Sri Saktipada Panigrahi's comments.......

Regards

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Sankar,
Just check its canines - its an adolescent. So you are getting that cuddly feeling. The tigress had left behind these two and had gone for hunt. I had spent about one hour and 20 minutes. No other vehicle. It came close and stopped a few feet away.

I had only one GB card. I finished it and then downloaded into my laptop. And when the download was proceeding, I was shooting in film. Those days may never come again, especially with the increased tourism and the madness among photographers to get that shot; increased rules and regulations, smaller tourism zones etc etc.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi