Sumatran tiger
Sumatran tiger – original photograph, digitally accented. Captive animal.
Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran Tiger)
Description: The Sumatran tiger has the darkest coat of all tigers. Its broad, black stripes are closely spaced and often doubled. Unlike the Siberian tiger, it has striped forelegs. Sumatran tigers are the smallest tiger subspecies. Males average 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length from head to tail and weigh about 120 kilograms (264 pounds). Females measure approximately 2.2 meters (7 feet) in length and weigh about 90 kilograms (198 pounds).
Distribution: The Sumatran tiger is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in habitat that ranges from lowland forest to submontain and montain forest with some peat-moss forest.
Biology: The Sumatran tiger eats wild pig, big deer (called rusa), and small deer (called muntjak or barking deer). The specific range size of this tiger is not know, however the population density is approximately 4–5 adult tigers/100 km 2 (39 mile 2) in optimal lowland rainforest. As elevation increases through submontain and montain forests, the number of tigers in any given area decreases because there is less prey available.
Status in the wild: 400-500 wild Sumatran tigers were believed to exist in 1998, primarily in the island’s national park areas, but no island-wide census or monitoring system has been possible. Tiger numbers have continued to decline because of poaching of tigers to supply the illegal trade in tiger parts. The last remnants of lowland forest are being eliminated to establish oil palm plantations and for shifting agriculture by recent settlers from other areas of Sumatra and Indonesia. Ongoing road development makes many formerly inaccessible mountain areas accessible to illegal logging even on the steepest slopes, and many mountainous areas are being converted into plantations for coffee and other products for international markets. Tigers are legally protected but are not highly valued.
Captive breeding: For three years, the Indonesian Zoological Parks’ Association (PKBSI) has been working with the Tiger Global Conservation Strategy to develop a conservation program for Sumatran tigers. In addition to the 65 Sumatran tigers living in Indonesian zoos, there are 55 tigers managed by North American zoos, 100 in European zoos, and 12 in Australasian zoos. This captive population is descended from 37 wild-caught founders.
The Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Masterplan now has the potential to function as the heart of the Sumatran tiger population worldwide. It is designed to preserve sufficient genetic diversity to reinforce both captive and wild populations, thus fulfilling its goal to ensure that the in situ tiger program comprises verifiable founders permanently identified and registered in the Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Studbook. It also extends the capabilities of Indonesian zoo staff to professionally manage their tiger programs in Indonesia, and at the same time serves as a model for other range country tiger management programs in Southeast Asia.
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Tara Sheffer-A...
Absolutely beautiful work!!! : )
jdmphotography
Brilliant as always my friend ! ..................... Fav ….............. (-:
Julie Langford
Wow – very cool indeed. Love that effect – gives a wonderful briliance to this image.
Carisma
Mundy you are back!!!!!!! Thank you! And back with a beautiful piece!!
krafty
This is positively gorgeous Mundy…thanks for sharing such a beauty and the info is an added bonus…good to see you Hun..excellent work…and exquisite…!!
Squealia
Great image and interesting read… :o)
ECGardner
Amazing capture and I love the digital alterations you’ve made. Please add this to the endangered species group. We are doing a “cat” feature next week. :)
Mundy Hackett replied
Consider it done my dear friend, thank you for the invitation.
Mark Peterson
A beautiful work with the technique, and very informative text. Excellent presentation!
brian pendrey
awesome work
cherokee
Beautiful
Leslie Wood
Absolutely gorgeous!!
Heather Rivet...
one of your best
PhotogeniquE IPA
wonderfully detailed image – so alive
Leah Highland
I’m overjoyed to see an upload from you Mundy. Excellent choice!
Glenna Walker
Lovely piece of artwork, brilliant!
jude walton
Beautiful, as ever. Wonderful colours to bring out this cat’s beauty.
Rhonda Thomassen
Beautiful work Mundy! I also love that you give a biology background to your pics it makes it very interesting.
Mundy Hackett replied
Thank you Rhonda, I am going in future to try and add more in the way of informative text to my work when posted online. I think as you said folks really do appreciate getting more knowledge about a particular species and their general ecology and natural history. We are an inquisitive species after all!
RealPainter
what program did you use to digitally accent? I was just wondering its awesome touch, beautiful photo, thanks for sharing ;] Absolutely gorgeous!!
Mundy Hackett replied
The primary filter used is called Fractalius and it costs something like $40. Then I have a process of different adjustment layers for various things. The combination of the two plus just feeling how I want an image to turn out gets me the results I want usually. Thank you so much for commenting.
Chrystal Ferreira
beautiful work, wonderful colors, amazing details.
Andy Mueller IPA
This is unreal !!! LOVE it.
RealPainter
thanks awesome just the same, not everyone can run some programs as some others do, your good at it….....i see that and i love it…....its beatiful….....perfect
Lori Peters
Awesome, Mundy Great colors and details.
Sean Farragher
fantastic
Lisa G. Putman
Beautiful work, Mundy! I love the expressive eyes. Great effects, color, and information as well!
mags
Wow ! Awesome… stunning capture, great techs and wonderfful info ! well done !!!
Gregg Williams
I really like the effect, very cool photo. And thanks for all the info.
Mundy Hackett replied
You’re welcome, the information does seem to be a good idea based on the feedback I am receiving.
WayoftheWarrior
Power,pride,honor,excellence,courage,truth and justcie. Amen. awesome!
Dennis Rubin IPA
very strong image!
Walter Colvin
Excellent work Mundy. Great image,
Walter Colvin
And thank you for all the info.
Mundy Hackett
Thanks Tony, Denis and Walter, I always value and appreciate your comments
coffee4me56
Wow, Outstanding. Love it.
~ Ademac
Wonderful image…...............amazing creatures, thank you.
Mundy Hackett replied
Thank you so much Adrian, now if I can figure out how to combine this with a lovely classical nude I think I may really have something!
Pat Moore
Absolutely Beautiful Image!!!
~ Ademac
lol….................if you do, let me know and we can go halves.
TomBaumker
Great capture wonderfull colors Tom
A90Six
Fantastic! The eyes have it! :) tony.
AngelaFoster
magnificent capture and detail with beautiful lighting and colour in the eyes
Marcus Grant
As always Mundy, stunning!!!! with a capital SSSS
Mundy Hackett
Thanks everyone, you know the tigers are my passion!
Steve Chapple
Amazing image and the treatment here is perfect!
Devalyn Marshall
Beautiful smooth colors, wonderful image!
Scott Ward
Very cool effects on this. Nicely done.
Diane Schuster
Stunning! I love your work!