The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
First day in Bandhavgarh National Park searching and hoping for our first tiger sighting. Nothing and more nothing until suddenly this cat slowly eased his way out of the trees into our view. A great moment for us.
Specific Feedback
Interested in framing, too close? Lighting, color? How would you make this picture better? How would you tell a better story?
Thanks for all your thoughts.
Hi Timothy, What a beautiful, beautiful animal! I’m not a wildlife photographer so rarely provide feedback, but I can’t resist here. The lighting seems perfect to me, the colors (and dramatic stripes) of the tiger with the autumn-ish leaves behind are lovely. Compositionally, the slight diagonal of the tiger’s body with the right front foot extended to emphasize it works well. My only suggestion is that you could use a little space at the top and on the left to give him a little room. Nice shot! Have a good trip, and I hope to see more.
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
First day in Bandhavgarh National Park searching and hoping for our first tiger sighting. Nothing and more nothing until suddenly this cat slowly eased his way out of the trees into our view. A great moment for us.
Specific Feedback
Interested in framing, too close? Lighting, color? How would you make this picture better? How would you tell a better story?
Thanks for all your thoughts.
Perfect background match for the tiger. Nice detail on the tiger. Lighting and colour look good.
I like @Susanna_Euston 's idea of a little more room. You say the tiger slowly eased out of the trees; would you think about a few heavyish diagonal / horizontal linear gradients from the left and bottom to make the image a little more mysterious? I might consider removing the straight object at the top of the frame.
Susanna, Glenys and Dennis
Thank you so much for your suggestions! I will definitely try giving the tiger a bit more room. I will also try removing the straight object at the top of the frame.
Glenys, can you explain a bit more what you mean by adding “ a few heavyish diagonal/ horizontal linear gradients from left and bottom”? Thanks
Sorry for the late response. I have posted the tiger with heavy gradients to help explain what I was thinking. One from the bottom up and one diagonal from the top left to where ever you feel comfortable. I’ve added a little more canvas and adjusted the crop to level out a little more horizontal. The tiger seemed to have a lot of blue in the whites, so I’ve adjusted that a bit.
Such a lovely image and well worth the effort to play.
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