Well... I'll probably get nailed for this, but going for the "suspension of disbelief" on this one. North Sumatran tiger (Jai) shot at the Phoenix zoo. Either liked the big white lens or the shutter sound, so I got around 40 pics of him staring straight at me while he jumped all over the place & climbed around in this tree. Awesome cat.
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Here come the dnmc's... but it was just such a great shot, that i couldn't resist.
post challenge: Wow... thanks for all of the votes & comments! I really didn't expect this to do so well - especially after all of the discussion in the forums. My 2nd 7.x in a month with no ribbon, but certainly happy that this image stood out in such a high-scoring, high-quality challenge :O)
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YOU might want to back up a bit, he's not looking to impressed with having his picture taken. Love the background, colors, framing, clarity... basically an all around awesome shot!
Great 2-side framing. Very good focus, lighting and color on the subject. Harsh light on the left is a little bit distracting but doesn't take the quality out of a great capture.
impressive eyes and pose. I am sure the the shot is captured in a zoo (if it should was captured in a real wild should be very difficult submit the image :)). 7
The stare is great and intense, although if you dodged the eyes you should avoid or burn back the black otherwise they look a little washed out. The lifted paw makes it a little more dynamic too. What's killing the image is the background. The unusual, overly-bright background is just stealing the attention from the tiger. After looking at it for a while it recedes but the first initial reaction is bad.
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