Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by Bebe:
What a perfect pose! THe tension is amazing. I love the composition & colors as well.

Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by theSaj:
i'm confused....is he eating his own tail.....??? *lol*

I guess the cat caught his tail on the last chase.....

Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by CEJ:
Really don't like the processing on the background. The line between the grass and the back looks like it was spray-painted.

Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by ckempf:
Amazing shot of tiger, but background area above grass blows it for me. The tiger, alone is fantastic. 8 for tiger, 5 overall.

Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by annah:
interesting. the tiger is very sharp and has exellent colors...but i'm not sure about your background. it looks like you went over it with the airbrush tool or something.
even tho this is an advanced editing challenge, if you did what i think, that would be against the rules(removal of major elements), and might get disqualified. just a heads up :-)

Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by Steveinnz:
Beautiful shot of the tiger but the background looks very false, personally I would give the whole thing a black background. Good luck

Tony - Siberian tiger - San Francisco zoo
by blanceric

Comment by graphicfunk:
Good pose. 7

When boat masts take the world over...
by blanceric

Comment by erictj:
Yup, then we're all screwed.

Reliable
by blanceric

Comment by love:
see the halo around him? that's from oversharpening with the USM...of course it kind of works here with the statue pointing upward to God...angelic in a weird way 7

When boat masts take the world over...
by blanceric

Comment by Artifacts:
Interesting composition and sky color. Fine detail shows up very clearly.

The way reviewers react to the sky will determine how well this image scores. If they like it it will do well. If they don't it will not.

A couple suggestions. Apply noise reduction to the sky and clone out remaining white specks to give it a very solid look. The visible electronic noise it now has is a distraction.

The thick wire on the far left at the very top should be cloned out. Unlike all the other major wires in the image this one's counterpart is not visible. That makes it appear unbalanced. The easiest thing to do is get rid of it.

Overall this is a pretty good picture.