dear sabyasachi,
it is not about good or bad image i had posted my openion.
It was purely on the frame selection wether any photographer with to publish it or not.
Very first point is when you are on a platform where people see you as a leader the expectations goes very high when you post something.
Sabyasachi: Thank you very much for high expectations. I absolutely agree with you that in photosharing sites you are supposed to showcase your best photo. In a critiquing forum, one shares photos to get critiques expecting people to put themselves in his shoes, visualise the scene and share what they think could have been better better to improve the image. However, I agree with you that people expect me to always produce top notch images. That kind of expectation really helps a photographer in improving.
Secondly when i see this image i really got shocked as from 800mm you have clicked this image. no offence image is always image and with big cat it is not necessary to have always a full body visible.
Sabyasachiidn’t understand this point. You expected me to use a lesser focal length? And how that would have helped?
But in this frame the body or its prime eye's are barely visible.
Sabyasachi: Yes. I agree with you. The image was designed to only show that much of the body. The right eye (the one on the left of the frame) appears blurred due to a swaying grass. The left eye (which appears on the right of the frame) has two grasses infront of it.
Forground blured dry grass sticks are really disturbing the image.
Sabyasachi: There are some grasses swaying in the foreground that are out of focus. It was my impression that it doesn’t distract a lot. However, your point is taken.
Image is having so may halo pixels as i know it could be due to compression limit to 200kb per image and this image needs 400kb to make it proper no pixel visible.
Sabyasachi:Halo pixels?? This image has lot of details. To fit under 200kb, I had to save it at 35% quality levels.
Composition is on right bottom which is hiding subject when you see the image first time you have to find
Sabyasachi:Composition was intentional. Don't expect everybody to be in sync with my aesthetic sensibilities.
Colours are too blueish and purple fringe visible on all the grass arround which adds purple cast to the image.
Sabyasachi:Purple fringing? I am surprised by this comment. The Super teles of Canon and Nikon, namely the 300 f2.8, 400f2.8, 500f4, 600f5, 800 f5.6, and Nikon’s 200-400 f4, 300/400 f2.8, 500f4, 600f4 doesn’t exhibit purple fringing. They are exhibited by cheap lenses.
I have seen purple fringing but on cheaper lenses.
You could have also gone further left of yourself and took image from little front from where you could have able to capture nose and face very well.
Sabyasachi:That’s a good suggestion. However, it was not possible as there was only one opening in the bushes through which I was clicking.
though you might get little far by going left yourself but then to me it could be worth frame with nose and other part visible rather close.
Sabyasachi:This image was created towards the end when the cheetal fawn was very nearly consumed with only the hind leg visible.
as you mention kill is also not visible properly or atleast i could not able to make it out where it is.
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I've wrote few points here for which i really think image is not up to your mark and you really should not publish at the level you are at.
i am having no experience like you do have but as a regular watcher of images of tiger and WL i think this image is really poor by the aspects i wrote above.
And again i am sorry if i hurt you but honestly i'll be waiting for your reply to correct me on my points if i am wrong by.
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