Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto/@thephotosociety First of all this is a tiger yawning. He’s not being aggressive nor is he annoyed by anything, especially not me. Secondly, yes it is a wild tiger, photographed in Bandhavgarh National Park in India, not some mistreated captive tiger being tormented to provide photo opportunities for cretins. Thirdly he’s a baby, just 16 months old and yes, he had ventured close to our stationery jeep with his boisterous sibling but this is also a hefty crop, done simply because I was having another rummage through some old files and ‘saw’ this obvious crop which I’d never 'seen' before. Phew! I thought I’d better get that out of the way before the handwringers, desperate to find their new something to be annoyed about start throwing around the usual misguided assumptions. So yes, as I mentioned this is a hefty crop but one that I think really works, focussing the viewers’ attention solely on those mighty canines. On the subject of those mighty canines these ones, along with the vertical jaw mechanism of all true carnivores/omnivores is ideal is cutting and slicing raw flesh, that is once they’ve torn the fur of the animal whose neck they have doubtless punctured in some predatory pounce. Interesting factoid of the day, every mammal with the exception of rodents, rabbits and pikas have canine teeth, the biggest canines in the world belong to the hippo, a herbivore and a musk deer, another herbivore. I digress! I would not begin to argue that this final image is an accurate rendition of the image that I captured that day as only approximately 50% of the original image remains. That being said this image does represent another reason why trying to capture your images as sharply and crisply as you can has significant advantages, that is being able to crop in at a later date. Of course you need to try and get everything right in camera first and not rely on post production cropping but when an image like this is there for the finding then it would have been foolish not to ? Come and join me in India 2020 to photograph tigers, for more information [email protected]

thephotosocietyさん(@thephotosociety)が投稿した動画 - 2018/12/19 06:58:17