Tiger Running

This was my first time shooting an animal. I was lucky enough to have the tiger running around while i was there. I wanted it to look like a tracking shot, but I'm unsure about the effects of having parts of the animal blurry. What do you think?

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The blurriness around the legs is fine - shows a nice motion. Personally I would have gone a little faster SS to reduce it a bit more but in the heat of the moment not much you can do about it.

But, I think the T-I-Double G-ERRR is OOF which isn't good.

Slight play with the saturation.....

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Thanks for the edit. I need to get some decent software.

There are some decent free ones out there..

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I have Aperture.but have yet to really use it, still playing with iPhoto editor

I don't mind the blur at all but I think I would have allow just a little more space, especially in front of the tiger. The way you have it here, it looks as though he's just about to shoot out of the frame.

Just my $.02
Jim

Just for giggles, I ran it through Painter X.
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