Wild Dog l Kabini

[Ashish Parmar]

Made this at Kabini last month.
This was shot at 1/125, f5.6, ISO 200, 400mm & evaluative metering with 2 stops under. HANDHELD.
Pardon the image quality as the light was low.

Equipment used :
Canon 30D
Canon 100-400mm IS

[AB Apana]

Hi Ashish,

Welcome to IndiaWilds!

I quite like the shot of the wild dogs, great sharpness and the position seems to indicate that it's attention has been caught by something outside the frame.

I wonder if this image needs to be opened up by at least 1/3 of a stop?

Apana

[Mrudul Godbole]

Sharp image and nice stride. It is tight frame would have loved some more space. Is it full frame?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Ashish,
Welcome to IndiaWilds!

I would have loved a narrow aperture for a higher depth of field as the head and the back are in different planes.

It would be better to open up the shadows a bit. Uploading a hastily done repost and it may be taken as a pointer. I would have love some more space all around.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

The orange of the body looks good against the green BG. However I agree you would need to open up the shadows a bit. A narrower aperture would have brought the whole body in focus... The fur pattern around the rump looks nice

[Tolstoy Rajangam]

NIce shot. I too agree that the shot being too tight. More space on the left would have been better.