Upset Wild Tigress

Allan Teo · 30th December 2008

Hi
Went to India recently to look for wild tigers to watch and photograph.
They came out when the light was low and we had to struggle with
low shutter speeds.. Taken with D300 + 80-400 1/125s. Wish there
was more light but 80-400 VR saved the day. Tigers were
5 meters from us and they Roared loudly to show their
displeasure at human presense.

Mother Tigress on the way to fetch her 10 month old cubs to cross the track.

Tiger Cub (10 months old) crossing our Track.

Tiger Cub taking a good look

Allan

brinkwine · 30th December 2008

the last one is a... CUB?!?!

hahaha nice captures... i was at the zoo the other day, pacing tigers r really hard to photograph...

dennisthetiger · 31st December 2008

wow thats my dream! photograph a wild tiger! u must be very lucky to see them, they are very rare now. how long did you take to track them down?

Allan Teo · 2nd January 2009

Originally Posted by dennisthetiger

wow thats my dream! photograph a wild tiger! u must be very lucky to see them, they are very rare now. how long did you take to track them down?

If you go to India in MAY you can find wild tigers all at
the water holes because it is quite dry..

Otherwise U will take 3 to 4 days to get a close up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpFcbO2O9p4
See this video.. I was there , it was a madhouse

Allan

tanhb · 2nd January 2009

5 meters away from the tiger? That's real close. Is it safe staying in the vehicle? It's always fascinating to watch a wild animal in its nature habitat, but looking at the video it seem that the crowd is a disturbance to the tiger. That's something sad.

30th December 2008	#1
Allan Teo Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 512	Upset Wild Tigress Hi Went to India recently to look for wild tigers to watch and photograph. They came out when the light was low and we had to struggle with low shutter speeds.. Taken with D300 + 80-400 1/125s. Wish there was more light but 80-400 VR saved the day. Tigers were 5 meters from us and they Roared loudly to show their displeasure at human presense. Mother Tigress on the way to fetch her 10 month old cubs to cross the track. Tiger Cub (10 months old) crossing our Track. Tiger Cub taking a good look Allan

30th December 2008	#2
brinkwine Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 87	Re: Upset Wild Tigress the last one is a... CUB?!?! hahaha nice captures... i was at the zoo the other day, pacing tigers r really hard to photograph...

31st December 2008	#3
dennisthetiger Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: jurong west Posts: 413	Re: Upset Wild Tigress wow thats my dream! photograph a wild tiger! u must be very lucky to see them, they are very rare now. how long did you take to track them down? __________________ turn the ordinary to extraordinary, Nikon D90, D50, F75

2nd January 2009	#5
tanhb Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 656	Re: Upset Wild Tigress 5 meters away from the tiger? That's real close. Is it safe staying in the vehicle? It's always fascinating to watch a wild animal in its nature habitat, but looking at the video it seem that the crowd is a disturbance to the tiger. That's something sad.