Taken at Am-Jam, A huge Harley Davidson motorcycle rally in upstate NY. The Horse shoe wildlife center is a group out of FL that helps care for animals that should've never been pets in the first place. They do great work and if you'd like, you can PM me to get more info. They have the little rotty named Hitch who was playing with the tiger cubs and after a bit they took a bit of a rest. There was alot of glare and even with the polarized filter.
Post prcessing: Cropped, adjusted levels, brightness/contrast, saturation, burned and cloned the grass a bit trying to kill the glare. Sharpened resized and saved for web.
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First off I have to say I have some prejudice towards this picture because I absolutely adore tigers. Rotties are okay, especially when a puppy but tigers get me every single time. But I will try to be a little objective when critiquing this shot. :)
I love the idea because there is so much natural beauty in animals of all species. The shot is overall very appealling but just a quick glance tells me that it's off for some reason. The color, the balance both seem a bit off. Upon closer inspection I see the color of the grass and the dog seem perfect but the tiger seems very muted for some reason. Now I know that baby tigers are not as vibrant as the adults but this one seems really muted to me.
The cropping also leaves me wanting more. Cutting off the end of each animals is cruel and mean! Just kidding! ;) But I would like to see the whole tail, not just the middle part and the missing paws on the dog, while giving you a line in and out of the shot makes it an incomplete shot to me. I would have rather seen the whole animal. But that's me. Please remember that all comments given here are strictly my personal opinion and meant to help.
Little does the pup know that his friend will grow to be 300+ pounds! What a sweet photo, and it is beautiful to see them so comfortable with each other.
Amusing shot. Your colour balance is strange, point of view is very ordinary, focus seems a touch soft - at least there is certainly not the level of fine detail one would really want here - and the exposure seems very flat, lacking contrast. It's only the subject that makes this at all interesting to me - I'm not sure that's enough.
Ohmygoodness! That is SO awesome! How did you GET that picture! I hope you told the story behind this, I'd love to know it. This is off the meter in the "touches my heart" category. 10
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