Photographer's Note
A continuation from my "yearly trip to the zoo", in Toronto, Ontario. The Savanah in this zoo is probably the closest I'll ever get to the real thing! The only adjustments made on this photo is
1. cropping get rid of some grass
2. added a frame! (its my first frame.)
I'm not quite sure how all of the background got black. (considering it was all trees and bushes!)
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(634) 2003-11-16 12:09
well. when I see tigers i dont know if i think ah toronot... but. it is a nice picture. centered well works well. and there are some good colors to it as well. the black background helps to focus on the tiger. I think the suggestion that I would make for you would be to try and doge the eyes a little bit to bring them out more. IT looks like you could but they are rather set back due to the position of the sun
mtolloczko
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(201) 2003-11-16 12:32
The black compliments the tiger. It is a good image and the tiger does look relaxed. Perhaps the dof requires some adjustment, tiger's eyes are not clearly seen.
fredrok
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(97) 2003-11-16 15:54
This is one beautiful cat... the framing is good, giving a good focus. Perfect colours and light. As said before, the tiger's eyes needs some light treatment…
I have created a WS for you!
ronners
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(10) 2003-11-16 16:25
Very nice shot. I have a tiger shot here as well, but couldn't capture one like this. The background is black because the subject was probably a lot brighter than the background. As a result, the camera measured an exposure on the tiger and that exposure wasn't enough to capture detail in the darker background. Your eye scans and picks up detail in whatever you look at, but a camera just takes a single 'snap shot' so what you see isn't always what you get.
ninadev
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(5377) 2003-11-16 18:05
Nice shot. I like that the background is so dark, it makes the tiger come out real nice.
philip_coggan
(11) 2003-11-16 20:04
I agree with Nina, the black b/g isolates the tiger's head, which is good.
The balckness of the b/g is due, as Ronners says, to the limited dynamic range of your film. No film can match the range of the human eye - it's ability to see detail in shadows and in bright areas at the same time. Slide film has the most limited range (about 3 stops I think), then print film and then digital. But I still think you should be shooting slide film, preferably ISO 100 with a few rolls of ISO 400 for dark places - and if you find the shutter speed falls to levels where you can't take a sharp picture, use a tripod, or don't shoot at all.
My problem with this photo is it's so static. The tiger isn't doing anything. Just sitting there, looking at the camera. If this were a photo of the Yeti you could get away with a photo of him just looking at the camera, but we've all seen tigers (or pictures of them), we all know what they basically look like - so show him new in some way. Even a yawn would do.
What makes a good photo: somebody/thing doing something. The more unusual or characteristic that 'thing' is, the better.
RandomCameraGuy
(3071) 2003-11-16 22:50
This is a nice picture. The details are sharp and the composition is good.
Just for fun I had a bit of a go with a workshop, tell me what you think...
flip89
(3418) 2003-11-22 10:40
I am sorry I missed this earlier. It's a beautiful picture - I like the lighting even if it is very harsh - but it works because it highlights the tiger just like everyone said. But your capture of the tiger's expression is so perfect - full of curiousity and playfulness but also impending ferocity. Also, fredrok's WS even emphasized that expression more.
sponticelli (23) 2004-04-05 19:01
I like this photo. It gives to me, some feeling of patience and serenity
Photo Information
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Copyright: Pamela DG (fotofreak)
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(1677) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2003-05-00
- Categories: Vida Diária
- Camera: Nikon f80, Sigma 70-300, @ ISO 400, Skylight
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original, Workshop
- Tema(s): Yearly trip to the Zoo!!!, Personalities [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2003-11-16 11:06
- Favoritos: 1 [ver]
