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A walk on the wild side. A very cool set of slightly wider angles pictures come out if you get a tiger on a territory marking walk. Even better if you can get them doing this on top of a plateau, when the plateaus still have some green colour.
My good friend Dr Dharmendra Khandal of @watch_tiger and I got a tigress called Arrowhead doing exactly that, a few days ago, first thing in the morning.
Even a short wall of a couple of km generates a lot of awesome wide angles. The background keeps changing fast.
The trick is to stay in front of them and give them a lot of room or they will soon disappear. The more room the longer the sighting. When I say wide angle, it means a wider perspective and not necessarily a wide angle lens (which ideally needs the subject to be really close)
You need a good experienced person behind the wheel as that person is the one lining up the angles. I mean a really good driver. You are too busy with your gear so the driver has to do almost all the lining up without being told. A great driver is such a joy
You will get a good mix of lighting conditions - evenly front lit, more dramatic side lighting and back lighting - my favourite always
If you want to get the urine spray that they mark their territory with, then remember to start shooting the moment the tail goes upright and erect or you will miss it.
If there are place where you can park low - for eg on slopes, then head to that place and wait for the tiger. A low angle is devine. It's not impossible to predict which path they will use while marking territory.
Stay wide, it's more fun. Close ups are for amateurs
Stay wide, it's more fun. Close ups are for amateurs
