Wildebeest and wind II

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 20, 2010117 views9 comments

I have been working on this off and on for a while now and even though the original is pretty monochromatic, I think I prefer the B&W rendition over the color. Even though the softness of the hues in the color image are very appealing to me (See the second image). My first post from this series HERE back in April has turned into a popular print and was used as the guide for this version.
Hope you enjoy it.

Canon D30 Canon 35-350 @ 100mm 1/500th @ f11 iso 200 HH shot as a jpg in sRGB. B&W conversion done with channel mixer in PS.

Thanks for looking.
Comments always appreciated.

Neil

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on September 20, 2010 at 12:16 AM

The color version for comparison.

Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 20, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Very nice, Neil. You might consider a sliver less sky to move the horizon a little more away from center. It is a matter of taste, but I think I prefer soft subtle colors of the color version!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on September 20, 2010 at 4:06 PM

Hi Neil, personally i prefer the colored one.cheers

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on September 21, 2010 at 12:17 AM

I like how the two trees frame the wildebeest and how the dusty highlights separate and illuminate the animals. The color version maintains the monochromatic look but has a nicer (for me) warmer tone.

Registered on September 12, 2010, 53 Posts, 660 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 21, 2010 at 9:24 AM

HI Neil,

My vote goes for the B&W version - to my eye the tonal range is a little wider and it has more mood. I think Lon might have a point about taking a thin slice off the top (but only a very thin one). Compositionally this works very well for me - everything from the framing trees through to the positioning and direction of movement of the Wildebeest. Well done. 2001?? There were cameras back then??

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...pleasure to view!

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on September 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM

I like the choice for bw as there wasn't much color in the color version to begin with.

I do prefer the other version though, with a bit less foreground. With this shot I'd be tempted to crop a slice from the top and bottom.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM

I prefer the b&w version! The composition is great and I like the dust clouds. A very slight crop off of the top of the image might make this an even stronger image.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 24, 2010 at 2:27 AM

Very nice pano compostion. I also happen to like the color version a little better, it just seems to have a better contrast and relays to me the dry conditions they are facing but with a hint of green on the horizon. Well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 29, 2010 at 6:23 AM

I like this very much Neil, I prefer this B&W version.
The added contrast does it for me, more dramatic IMO..
Well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments