However close you watch a tiger in a zoo, you won’t get that excitement. But you won’t be able to contain your anxiety on the thrill of watching a tiger in wild, in its own territory- however distant it might be. Am I wrong? You won’t say so, when you see satisfied faces coming out of tiger reserves after end of every safari, especially in India- home to most of the tigers in world in wild. Its different every time- the thrill, as I have felt in my all sightings of tiger in wild. This one was no different.
So, can you spot the tiger in this photo below, taken on my very recent visit to Panna tiger reserve? Have a closer look-
Tough, isn’t it? Spotting wild cats in the wild, especially the elusive ones, need a sharp pair of eyes and a powerful camera to shoot. But even a 400mm telephoto lens is not enough to capture the big cat so clearly, when it is so far. So for all purposes of photography, we need to crop and zoom. Let’s see, if the first crop helps (below)!
Well, few sharp ones would have spotted him, but will still be tough for most of us. So here is the second crop (below). This will be great help, I guess!
Now I believe, most of us would have have spotted the tiger very clearly, Isn’t it? If someone is still finding it difficult, then here is the third crop of the image (below)-
This would have perhaps confirmed all the wild guesses! So here is the fourth crop to give the cat a closer look-
Now you can go allover agin to the first image and try to spot the tiger. That would be interesting. You can still wonder how the tiger was spotted in the first place (from a distance of more that half a kilometre away, deep in dry grassland). At times, few incidents, few catches, few shots- just happen to be interesting. I hope you agree!!
Damn, I still can’t see any tiger in the first pic! But I’ll take your word for it 😉 An interesting shot, for sure!
Ami, all four photographs after first one have been gradually zoomed and cropped from the same first photograph. So if you see the last photograph, you can spot the face of the tiger in the centre behind dry grass. Now you go back to the first photograph and try to locate that spot of the tiger!
I cannot spot anything:(
Rashmi, all four photographs after first one have been gradually zoomed and cropped from the same first photograph. So if you see the last photograph, you can spot the face of the tiger in the centre behind dry grass. Now you go back to the first photograph and try to locate that spot of the tiger! To make it simple, I have zoomed in gradually.
Yes..finally I can spot!!! Superb post Swami:)
Thank a lot!