On look out for a kill

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 25, 2011188 views7 comments

I was following this Tigress, when she took a narrow trail, which happened to go to lake area. One end of the trail happened to end here and I chose to wait. After about half an hour, she appeared very slowly, rising from the terrain below, as she was listening to the deer sounds and looking for hunting opportunity. Due to the unavoidable undergrowth, I could just get couple of frames.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views !
Canon 40D, 70-200mm, ISO 400, 1/400 sec. at f 3.5
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 25, 2011 at 4:03 PM

Hi Jagdeep, nice pose, emerging/peering through the vegetation with a great intense stare, well done. Nicely positioned and I very much like the low POV here. Although viewing on laptop, I just wonder if a little selective lightening (a fraction) in Curves may help the face and a slight drop in the red channel overall?

TFS, always good to see these guys.

Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM

Jagdeep, looks like a hunting stance to me. The open mouth, alert eyes and slighly lowered head all show that. The low pov is a good one. Color looks good on the cat, although the fg and bg are probably a bit red at least on my Nec.
How is it she didn't notice you laying in wait?

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 25, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Intense stare from the creature and I think the vegetation works pretty well since the face is clear. Not my favorite of yours, but wonderful none the less

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on April 25, 2011 at 10:03 PM

Great low perspective ! The tigress has a huge "presence " in the frame, especially when viewed large.

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on April 26, 2011 at 5:40 AM

Must have been quite a thrilling encounter by the sounds of it Jagdeep :^)

Really like the upward angle of view you acquired and the intent look in the subject's eye you captured. In a perfect world those bits of foliage wouldn't be covering part of the Tiger's side but then it might not look as natural as this does. Very well done :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 26, 2011 at 10:10 AM

I truly appreciate the story of your decision making that led to positioning yourself for this capture. Fine work. I believe you maximized the situation. As a matter of taste, I would have preferred to have foliage rather than the light background, but this works fine and you managed the techs well.

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

Comment posted by Ken Canning on April 26, 2011 at 5:48 PM

Nice comp and I like the low angle, color balance looks a little funky warm.

Registered on February 10, 2004, 88 Posts, 549 Comments