Indian Gazelle

[ThrutheFrame]

Indian Gazelle, or locally know as the Chinkara are very shy creatures. To click them we had to be slow, quiet and patience. The image of this magnificent creature was taken in Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Canon 5DM3+Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD

[bnnrcn]

Welcome Shannon The chinkara looks so sharp and clear. Very nice.

[mugge]

I love it. Perhaps crop the bottom part a tad. That is only my opinion.
Cheers Mugge

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[NorthernFocus]

A beautiful animal and we'll captured. The vertical presentation was an interesting choice. I'm not sure that it improves this particular image. Perhaps in a bit wider format like 4x5 or square.

[Texas Dave]

The sun dappling on it's coat is interesting as well as the character of that tree it's under. I'm not usually a fan of the subject being partially shaded but it works well here and ties everything together. Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing!

[Wavelength]

Very awesome shot; every thing well focused

[ThrutheFrame]

A beautiful animal and we'll captured. The vertical presentation was an interesting choice. I'm not sure that it improves this particular image. Perhaps in a bit wider format like 4x5 or square.

The vertical orientation was chosen because there was nothing interesting in the environment. Just more rocks, dry grass and thorny trees. I was hoping that framing in this manner will relate the tree shade to the chingkara

[ThrutheFrame]

The sun dappling on it's coat is interesting as well as the character of that tree it's under. I'm not usually a fan of the subject being partially shaded but it works well here and ties everything together. Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing!

thanks, in that kind of weather, everything wants to be in the shade, including me It was so hot.

[Wandjina]

This is a nice photo. It is sharp and nicely exposed. However, the point of interest is the gazelle. So I would crop your photo hard. I would include the trunk of the tree, but nothing to the left of it. I would retain the grass in front of the gazelle but none of the stones. At the top I may leave one or two of the branches of the tree just above the horns to form a border to the photo. I would leave the right hand edge of the photo as it is, making the photo almost square in shape and the gazelle would be offset from the centre of the photo. Photos are very subjective, but that is what I would do.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Shannon, welcome to the CiC forums from me too.

That is a great capture.

I tend to agree with suggestions of a tighter crop, although I might not go as far as Martin would.
I'd lose 2/3 of the area between tree and left edge and a smidgeon off the lower edge - this loses most of the foreground out of focus foliage between you and the more distant tree, which is evident (and distracting) in top left corner. This also (relatively) puts more space in front of the subject (for potential 'flight') than the very central positioning it currently occupies.

However, my biggest suggestion is to only apply sharpening selectively to the subject, because as displayed, it seems to have also got to work on much of the out of focus bright background grass, unfavourably enhancing the 'double edges' rendered by the lens - I recognise this artefact because my (Nikon) long lens suffers the same issue, especially when used at wider apertures. Alternatively, wipe a blur tool over the background after sharpening.

Hope that helps, Dave

[Ziggy]

Thanks for sharing, enjoyed viewing.

[gregj1763]

A truly elegant animal and a great image Shannon

[John 2]

That's an excellent capture of a beautiful animal in a very nice setting Shannon. Looking forward to some more.

[ThrutheFrame]

Thanks for viewing.