Tiger and sambar

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 22, 2018367 views7 comments

My trip to Ranthambhore NP in June last year was, as always, a magical one. A tigress named Noor finally made a kill after 9 days. She had 3 one-year old cubs that hadn't eaten for that long, and were looking famished and listless. The prolonged fast ended when the mother brought down a large, male sambar deer (the largest deer in India). They would all feast well that evening and well into the following day. This image is one of the cubs peering out from behind a tree, eyeing the sambar kill and the surroundings.

Species: Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Place: Ranthambhore, Rajasthan, India
Date: June, 2017
Equip: Canon 5D Mk4, Canon 500 IS II USM lens
Specs: ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/200s, Evaluative metering, 0 exp comp, beanbag on vehicle

As always, all critics and critiques welcome :)

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 22, 2018 at 8:59 AM

Ajit,
The youngster is great and probably looking forward to a feast devil

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 22, 2018 at 5:22 PM

Wow, what a contrast here both in colors and in stages of life, from the lifeless sambar to the young, brilliant tiger. devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on February 23, 2018 at 10:30 AM

Ajit: this is an excellent image of predator and prey, with the tiger's face being framed by the diagonals of the tree and the sambar's head. My only minor suggestions would be to darken the light bark of the RH tree and darken the light spot upper left. Worthy of a prominent place on you wall. Richard

Registered on January 12, 2014, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 23, 2018 at 11:09 AM

It's a wonderful picture, very nicely framed!
The gaze of tiger and the open mouth of Sambar are big plus.

Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on February 23, 2018 at 7:49 PM

A great story telling photograph, well seen and taken. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on February 24, 2018 at 6:19 AM

I have tried to do what Richard Sandor directed - darkened the white spot in the upper left corner, and also the tree to the right. How does this look?

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 28, 2018 at 8:06 PM

Macabre! I like the spotlight effect on the tiger, the peeking around the tree, and the use of diagonals for composition.

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