Wet and Wild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

She is wet and wild. What more do you want as a wildlife photographer? However, there is something amiss in this photo. Can you guys tell me what it is?

EXIF details:
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie. at 800mm focal length, ISO 500, f6.3, 1/160, full frame image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice image. The horizon seems a bit tilted. What is that bluish white thing near the front paw?

This was shot at Rajbehera right?

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Lovely shot. Something amiss? The tilt, and perhaps inclusion of the reflection...? And what's the strange whitish thing near the paw?
If I remember correctly, you had used the same title for a recent Nilgiri Tahr image...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice image. The frame is a bit too tight for me. Would have liked some reflection and some more eye contact. I think there is some movement near the rear leg, a higher shutter speed would have helped. Bibhav and Abhishek has already pointed out the tilt and the other points.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The major issue in this image is the tilting of the horizon. The space at the top, bottom and front is sufficient. I didn't intend to get the reflection, so I had the 2x attached to my 400mm f2.8. Else, I would have had the 1.4x

If the horizon is not level and then you start moving the lens as the subject is moving, you end up accentuating the tilt.

I have uploaded the screen shot showing the tilt.

One way of correcting the tilt in lightroom is:

• Go to development.
• Click R, you will be taken to the crop tool.
• Now on the right side you can see the angle. Click on that and in the image you can select two points to draw a line. The image will be straightened automatically. You can also mention the amount of degrees the image needs to be straightened.

The best is to get it right in the field, else you will lose a part of the image. In this image you can see the tail is getting cut. So often the difference between an image with horizon tilted and the one with correctly aligned horizon is the difference between unusable image and good image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

PS: In this image I changed cameras, and the lens got tilted.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The max that I could get without cutting the tail is this frame. This should serve as a learning that get it right in the field. However, it is too tight at the bottom and right.

[Rahul Parekh]

lovely capture

[AB Apana]

Good one Sabyasachi and thanks for the info!

Apana