Canon R5, 800mm f5.6
Canon R5, 400mm f2.8
Canon R5, 800mm f5.6
Canon R5, 800mm f5.6
Canon R5, 800mm f5.6
In between tigers!
Tracking tigers in India can be one dimensional, and for certain reasons it has to be. I myself do try to absorb the jungle as a whole with its huge variety of life and landscapes. All taken with the 400mm f2.8, 1DX and EOS RP.
A beautiful Golden Orb spider, shot from a jeep against a morning sky.
A baby langur monkey playing hide and seek (not very well!).
A red-wattled lapwing
A green bee-eater
An indian roller
Barbet
A barn owl
Red naped ibis with kill
Wild boar
Langur
Langur
A leopard at night
Tadoba tiger reserve, 2016, late evening we encountered a pack of Dhole that seemed somewhat excited and were circling around a patch of forest. It was only when the whistles subsided and one of them looked up, that we spotted a very young leopard silhouetted against the darkening sky.
We were shocked to see how high the youngster had shot up, and even though she was safe, she kept looking down at the dogs as they circled below her.
Leopards are great climbers and seem just as much at home in the trees as some primates.
I decided to use multiple focal lengths of 70-200, 400mm and 800mm to attain the above sequence, all stabilised with a beanbag. The sheer fright the leopard was feeling meant she stayed relatively still and I was able to use slow shutter speeds to extract as much detail from the scene as possible.
Toned processing
I am really getting a feel for toned and fine art style processing on my images. The approach mostly seems to work when the image is relatively simple with few elements, and the subject is distinct. I’ve used a variety of methods to get the look am after utilising both lightroom, and especially photoshop to get the tonality I think suits the image. Here are some cheetah from yesterday, taken with the usual canon 400mm f2.8 and 1DX setup at a local wildlife park.
