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Bengal Tiger

by Stephen Kaluski

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted January 17, 2011163 views13 comments
This is Chabana, son of the famous B2.

Not an ideal format as a crop, but I was trying to move the focus point around into clear areas so as not to allow the focus point to lock onto the surrounding grasses. Would like to have had more room to the RHS and at the foot. Taken about 5.30pm just before the gates closed, and boy, was that a rush to get back.


Steve
MKIII 500f/4 1/400 f/4 ISO640 (HH, cropped on width FF height)

Levels, Curves, Saturation and minor USM

Comments

13 comments
Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on January 17, 2011 at 6:46 AM
What a beautiful animal, it would be terrible if these ever became extinct.
Well done.

Geoff.
Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments
Comment posted by Neil Burton on January 17, 2011 at 8:41 AM
That is lovely, great tones and sharpness.
Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments
Comment posted by Simon Litten on January 17, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Beautiful image :toast: I love shots that show the habitat without it being distracting and this is spot on.


Simon
Registered on June 22, 2006, 24 Posts, 275 Comments
Comment posted by Bertl Menegoni on January 17, 2011 at 12:51 PM
I love your tiger shots a lot Stephen
Bertl :smile:
Registered on November 19, 2007, 24 Posts, 265 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Davies on January 17, 2011 at 1:23 PM
NIce POV , a tidy image too.
Registered on February 3, 2009, 21 Posts, 327 Comments
Comment posted by Edwin kats on January 17, 2011 at 4:39 PM
Love it!! Beautiful green eyes btw. Well done Steve.

Edwin
Registered on April 24, 2006, 177 Posts, 399 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Mason on January 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Just gorgeous - makes me want to go up and stroke it!
Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments
Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 18, 2011 at 1:28 AM
I like it a lot. Beautiful image. :smile:
Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments
Comment posted by eric weight on January 18, 2011 at 2:09 AM
Nice natural colours Steve, great subject of course, but a bit off the left hand side would improve it still further imo.
:wavey: :toast: eric
Registered on December 4, 2007, 10 Posts, 70 Comments
Comment posted by Roy Bailey on January 18, 2011 at 1:49 PM
A fabulous study of a fine looking tiger. :toast:
Registered on November 16, 2008, 24 Posts, 486 Comments
Comment posted by David Kjaer on January 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Beautiful Stephen.

David :toast: :toast:
Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments
Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on January 20, 2011 at 4:28 AM
Thanks for your comment everyone, but more importantly, congrats to David Kjaer on the FC of the RSPB magazine, well done Sir.

Steve :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments
Comment posted by Alan Bryant on January 20, 2011 at 4:57 AM
Cracking image Stephen

Like as is, congrats :toast: :toast:
Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments