This beautiful bengal tiger just kept his eye on me the entire time I was snapping his picture. He was sitting in a huge layer of water in a man-made waterfall at the Austin Zoo. Since so many of the animals are rescue and it's non-profit, it is smaller and the animal are much more familiar with humans. His partner dove into the water and came right up to the edge, rubbing the fence (I'd cheated and crawled over the railing) as if she wanted me to pet her, but I refrained. I zoomed into his face because it was so powerful and it was such a bright day that alot of the rest of the shot had hot spots and overexposure. I brought up a little color saturation and brightness, but no other changes.
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I love the fact that you are not quite sure what is going on behind those gorgeous eyes! Beautiful crispness to your shot, great reward, for your effort!
Such striking eyes. I wouldn't want to be on the business end of that stare :) Surprisingly enough, there is a lot of sharpness and focus on his whiskers. Great capture.
Wow...stare down is right! Great shot...I hope it was with a long zoom! I would maybe increase the saturation of the colors a bit to see if it could ad a little pop to the shot.
First i'd like to thank you for the nice comment you left for me.(pertaining to the waterfall entry in live music) I guess most people don't appreciate nature at it's finest,your comment suggests that you do and it also says a lot about you.I can tell from your photos that you like the finer things in life,and have love and respect for mother nature.
I can't believe how mnay rude people i have met here,don't they realise that if they leave me a nasty comment that i will only return their favour? not very smart people if you ask me!
You have some very nice photos in your album,thank you for sharing them.
i want to be removed from dp challenge,it will ruin my reputation as a professional photographer,anyone that reads this can you ask them to remove me please,i have already spoken to them and they won't remove me,so i guess i have to cause a scene to be removed.so be it,if that's what it will take.thanx for your time and have a nice day
Great shot!! I love his stare and the capture is excellent in terms of lighting and sharpness! His whiskers and nose really do seem to pop out of the photo :) I do think however that the background takes away from the beauty of the animal itself... I wonder how it looks even more cropped so you only see the center of his face and none of the greenery (you'd loose his ears though)... a tad more of USM also, especially around the eyes?
Very well done!
This is a gorgeous photograph! I have a needlepoint done by my grandmother that this reminds me of. Excellent framing and focus. The color in the eyes is amazing. Nice job! Well done!
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