http://www.digitalcameraworld.com JUNE 2019 DIGITAL CAMERA^63her disappearing up the side of a small
hill. I work with a great team, and we
knew that she would come down in one
of two places several hours on; so we
left to track and photograph another
tiger, before returning later. We used
our experience and drove slowly off in
the opposite direction towards a very
remote waterhole. Sure enough, on
the road there were fresh pug marks.
After 10 minutes, there was my lovely
Noor, sitting in a tiny waterhole.
It’s so tough to get atmospheric
images of tigers, and I’ve only managed
it a handful of times. I got both Jeeps
into a great shooting position so my
clients were all set, then thought about
what I wanted to achieve. I darkened
the exposure by -1.7 stops to create
the atmospheric mood, and composed
it so that she was looking out of the
frame to the left, so that the last rays of
the sun lit up her eyes. It was a magical
five minutes – proof that persistence
and good fieldcraft always pays off.Noor: Queen of
Ranthambhore by Andy
Rouse and Aditya ‘Dicky’
Singh is on sale now,
priced £40, via http://www.andyrouse.co.ukigers are something I have a
long-term passion for: I have
been working with them for
over 10 years. But there is
one particular tiger that has
captured my imagination and
my heart, and her name is Noor. For
four years I have been following her in
her home in Ranthambhore in deepest
Rajhasthan, India. This image is one of
my favourites from this time. It was the
result of a very long day tracking her.
First thing in the morning we found
her fresh pug marks on the road,
followed them, and caught a glimpse ofAndy Rouse shares an atmospheric tiger
portrait from his latest photo book, Noor
Shot of
the month
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Andy Rouse
Wildlife photographer
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Lens: 100-400mm
Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 800http://www.andyrouse.co.uk
@wildmanrouse© Andy Rouse. Image taken from the photography book Noor