There used to be five species of tigers -- the Bengal, Siberian, Sumatran, Balinese, and Javan. Both the Balinese and Javan tigers went extinct at the end of World War II due to habitat loss, hunting, and a lack of prey. Only three species of tigers are left, and the Sumatran tiger is critically endangered with only about 400 animals left in the wild. This is a Bengal tiger I captured in Ranthambore National Park in India. I took this in the 90's with the Mamiya RZ 67 film camera. Because I using Fujichrome Provia 100 (100 ISO), and because the lighting was so diminished, I remember being forced to shoot with the horrifying shutter speed of 1/30. Depth of field was a luxury I couldn't have, and I used the largest aperture I had available -- f/5.6 -- to gather as much light as possible. I hand held the camera in a vehicle, and I assumed the pictures were not going to be sharp. With the post-processing techniques we now have, such as Topaz Sharpen AI, I was able to make the image presentable. The original 6x7cm transparency was scanned by a high-end Imacon Scanner.
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