Eye of the tiger

[imilda]

This is the first phodie that I have taken. Please give some feedback on composition, lighting and sharpness as I am still very new to this wonderful hobby. the tiger was eye children, so he never sat still for long.

Model: Nikon D5000
Shutter speed: 1/320 sec
f-stop: f/5.6
ISO: 400
focal length: 200 mm

[RecurrentNerve]

I like this. The evening light is great, it catches the fur and whiskers beautifully. Overall it is perhaps a little dark but a few seconds in Photoshop or similar would fix that. Composition wise I would have perhaps zoomed out slightly to make sure the entire leg and paws were captured but otherwise it's good.

[imilda]

Thank you

[sican]

Yes, the photo is kind of dark... I would've selected a slower shutter speed (1/100) to allow more light to enter the camera. But this can be easily corrected in Photoshop.

Another thing, I would've tried to compose the shot a bit better. Aside from its paws which are outside the frame, the background is a bit distracting. This could've been easily corrected by moving a few steps to the left. That would remove the house from the background and maybe catch the tiger looking at you (intriging interesting photo)

Anyway, I hope I helped!
Alex Cican