Catching the scent

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 4, 2010160 views5 comments

Male Tiger catching the scent.
Male Tigers have larger territory to maintain than females. The male is checking, if another tiger has intruded into his territory. After verifying, he spray marked his scent and then moved on.
Thankyou so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 50D, 500mm, ISO 800, 1/100 sec at F 4.5
Jagdeep Rajput

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5 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 4, 2010 at 3:45 PM

Interesting hearing about the territory thing and good shot showing him sniffing the air. I really enjoyed your tiger gallery on your website by the way, all good stuff.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on August 4, 2010 at 7:31 PM

Terrific picture. Beautiful animal. He has a very interesting coat - the stripes almost vanish at the shoulder.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 4, 2010 at 9:31 PM

What I like most, Jagdeep, is the excellent leg positioning and tail extension. The profile face is certainly fine, but in a perfect world I would have asked for a tiny bit of head turn to the lens!

Thanks for showing us another good one!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 5, 2010 at 9:24 AM

I like the head lifted high in that sniffin' mode, cool :)
Very good details, exposure, and natural colors Jagdeep.
Great profile view and environment as well

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 6, 2010 at 7:44 AM

Wow, beautiful cat, captured in a very elegant pose. Very nice.

Ingrid.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments