Tigress/Bandipur (Gowri)

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is one of the images of Gowri from the series posted earlier, I had a tough time in processing this one, your suggestions to improve the image will be highly appreciated.

The lighting was tough, but I didn't want to pass the opportunity of shooting this beautiful tigress, hence clicked despite of shooting in tough conditions.

Camera - Canon EOS 7D, 500mm

Av 6.3
Tv 1/400
ISO 400
EC - 0.3 step:thumbdown:
Focal length 500
Almost full frame
Bean Bag Support
Date and Time : 3rd Dec'11 @ 8:29am

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Its definitely a good image. She seems to be telling you something i guess ;) . No matter what light conditions maybe a tiger photograph is always special. Lovely eye contact.

[Suraj Sreedhar]

Nice image,loved the turning pose.
I think a slight contrast enhancement is needed.:confused:
TFS

[Bhargava Srivari]

Loved the pose. She is a gorgeous tigress! :D The lighting seems to be really tough here. May be, an increase in exposure by a third of a stop when you open the image in adobe camera raw might help. Also, a slight brightness boost, perhaps, might improve the overall feel of the image.

tfs

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice head turn and eye contact. The composition is fine. Agree +EC would have been good.Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice eye contact and pose. bringing up all those cubs seem to have taken its toll on the mother, it sort of looks skinny to me

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

In the right lighting the coat of the tiger shines and gives an impression of being softer than a silk saree. I have heard of people saying that they would love to touch a tiger. A word of caution - in places like Bandhavgarh and ranthambhore one can see tiger very close and even passing between jeeps. So even if you have an urge, please resist the temptation of touching these wild animals.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi