Focal Length - 300 mm
F-Number - F/9
Exposure Time - 1/200 Sec.
ISO Speed - ISO-200
Metering Mode - Center Weighted Average
Exposure Compensation -0.7 Step
Body - Nikon D7000
Lens - AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED (4.3x)
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Focal Length - 300 mm
F-Number - F/9
Exposure Time - 1/200 Sec.
ISO Speed - ISO-200
Metering Mode - Center Weighted Average
Exposure Compensation -0.7 Step
Body - Nikon D7000
Lens - AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED (4.3x)
Nice 'jungle in winter' mood to this image. the light and colours look nice.cud been sharper.
TFS
Roopak
Joel,
The scene looks nice. How much of crop is this image?
Wish a strand of sunlight had fallen on the tiger's face. That would have been great. Ofcourse, that was not in your control.
Did you pull up the exposure during post processing? It becomes tough to critique images with borders.
Since your shutter speed was 1/200, and assuming there would have been other excited folks pushing and pulling, a higher shutter speed would be safe. F9 aperture should have resulted in greater depth of field.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
Joel,
You need to get the exposure right in the field. Pulling up about 1/3rd stop during post processing will be ok. However, if you pull up the exposure a lot, then there will be more noise. The areas that are close to the left side of the histogram - close to the left border in the histogram - don't hold much of data levels. So pulling them up results in noise. Please check this article: Understanding histogram:
Indiawilds: Land of the Tiger. Conservation, Wildlife Photography, Communities
And by sharpening, you will also be sharpening the noise and hence that would look bad.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi