Almost Black and White

SCraig · Jan 5, 2013

A White Bengal Tiger against a background without any color doesn't leave much more than monochrome

paigew · Jan 5, 2013

Beautiful ❤

SCraig · Jan 5, 2013

paigew said:
Beautiful ❤

Thanks!

There are two Tigers at the zoo here, this one and a traditional yellow-colored one. Most of the time I'm there they are asleep by the fence at the back of their paddock or pacing alongside it so the shots usually have fence in it. Occasionally, like today, they pace toward where we watch them from and I can get a decent shot.

coastalconn · Jan 5, 2013

Scott that is one great looking kitty!

queen_gee · Jan 5, 2013

Beautiful!!

sm4him · Jan 5, 2013

Don't take this the wrong way, but this almost looks like some kind of really weird selective coloring post processing! If you didn't know it wasn't a regular tiger and just saw the monochrome background, and those very, very light brownish/orange tinges and the little bit of red in its mouth.

I think it's a beautiful photo, by the way! It just struck me that if someone new had posted this, with no explanation, I'd be wondering what they did to it!

EDIT: Well, and also if I'd never seen a White Bengal Tiger before... :lol:

SCraig · Jan 5, 2013

coastalconn said:
Scott that is one great looking kitty!

He is that, isn't he? Wish I could get a decent shot of the yellow one like that.

SCraig · Jan 5, 2013

sm4him said:
Don't take this the wrong way, but this almost looks like some kind of really weird selective coloring post processing! If you didn't know it wasn't a regular tiger and just saw the monochrome background, and those very, very light brownish/orange tinges and the little bit of red in its mouth.

I think it's a beautiful photo, by the way! It just struck me that if someone new had posted this, with no explanation, I'd be wondering what they did to it!

EDIT: Well, and also if I'd never seen a White Bengal Tiger before...

That's kind of what inspired the title, it looked that way to me to. I admit that I did clone a couple of spots of green brush out of the left corners to enhance that effect, but I promise there's no selective coloring

SCraig · Jan 5, 2013

queen_gee said:
Beautiful!!

Thank you! Much appreciated.

Mully · Jan 5, 2013

Really nice shot ...I love the color...or lack there of

Rick58 · Jan 5, 2013

Hey Scott, rather late then never, but IMHO this a great shot. This could have been taken in the wild as well as in the zoo, so that makes it a successful shot in my book. Beautiful cat!

SCraig · Jan 5, 2013

Mully said:
Really nice shot ...I love the color...or lack there of

Thanks, Mully. Odd thing is that I don't really care for black and white. I guess this one just struck a chord or something.

Rick58 said:
Hey Scott, rather late then never, but IMHO this a great shot. This could have been taken in the wild as well as in the zoo, so that makes it a successful shot in my book. Beautiful cat!

Thanks, Rick. Good point to. This is one of the few areas in the zoo where a viewer doesn't have much of a fence whatsoever between them and the animals. Their paddock is on a hill side, and slopes down to a bridge over what is basically a moat. The Tigers (hopefully) can't jump the moat and up to the bridge, so the only fence is a light wire mesh fence that is easily blurred out.