Tiger (Male) @ Bandipur

Shot this male tiger yesterday (Saturday the 16th Jan'10) morning @ 8:30am, we tracked its pug marks first, later heard alarm calls by Langur and after 2 hours our persitance paid off and finally we were blessed to sight this big fellow @ Basavanna Katte. This time my MD & his family who travelled all the way from Pune accompanied me to Bandipur with a hope to see a tiger as he had not seen a tiger in the wild, I managed to fulfill his wishes:):):)

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/60
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO 250
Focal length 400mm

A nice image. I like it peering from behind the tree. A slight boost in contrast might look better. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sure your MD is going to be very happy with his trip. :)
More leaves for photography maybe? :)

Lovely eye contact. Its good you got the face in clear. I think I have to come with you to Bandipur. Still to photograph a tiger there :(. Did it come out of the bushes?

A South Indian tiger is always a plus. I hope you will be posting more images of this individual.

Apana

Sighting a tiger is always an awesome experience. Sighting it in Bandipur is even better. And sighting a tiger along with your boss is just mindblowing. :thumbup::drool::D:D I am sure the celebrations will happen soon. :D

I like the eye contact. Look forward to the other images from this series.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

An amazing picture. The Tiger is posing for you. Very nice.

Bright light and the way he is posing for the photo makes the photo very great. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome luck you seem to have with cats! Amazing photo... I like the expression on his face and the eye contact. Pls share more from this trip. TFS :)

Friends - Thank you for the wonderful comments, I will surely share few more images of this Tiger with different compostions. Its quite busy here at work hence unable to post images and write comments on images posted...

Mrudul - we can surely plan a trip together to Bandipur

Wow.. a nice pic.. lovely eye contact...Thanks for sharing !!

Beautiful photograph, lovely coat.

Regards,
Siddhartha

lovely capture & fantastic sighting Praveen...I'm surprised...I missed this tiger for long time ha!ha! :D You've pleased your MD :), Your big promotion must be on the way too :lol: :thumbup1:

All best wishes,

Cheers, Rahul

Very good sighting and photograph. Praveen, you kept the basics right and sighted a Tiger! TFS.

Tigers From South India is always Special to me ! Thanks For Sharing the Picture

Praveen , I loved the pic. Just superb