Hunter's Gait

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 1, 2012231 views12 comments

Continuing my mono-and-duotone series...this is from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Techs:
Nikon D3s with Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II + 1.4xTC @ 700mm
f5.6 @ 1/640 SS @ ISO-1400
pretty much full frame

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 1, 2012 at 5:21 PM

Morkel - Excellent, love the look on the Cheetah's face - he/she seems intent on something. Great conversion too.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 1, 2012 at 7:33 PM

The b&w is becoming a nice series! Great pose.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on October 1, 2012 at 10:41 PM

Wow, Morkel, just wow! Love the B&W!

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on October 2, 2012 at 1:20 AM

Just beautiful, Morkel. The b&w really works on this one.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 2, 2012 at 2:14 AM

Cool image, I like shining eyes.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on October 2, 2012 at 7:58 AM

Beautiful image. Great pose.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 2, 2012 at 2:10 PM

The head really stands out with those clear eyes and make a great focal point Morkel. I am not too fond of the extreme vignetting here though.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 2, 2012 at 3:23 PM

Thanks for the kind comments, folks.

Vincent, I hear you and know that vignetting is a very personal taste thing...have a look at the original colour version posted here last year HERE

You will see the fall of shadows and light is pretty consistent with the "vignette" here, I pretty much went with converting it like this and added very little burning to the edges.

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on October 2, 2012 at 4:42 PM

The conversion is in keeping with your series Morkel, but prefer the OP in colour.

TFS
Steve

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 2, 2012 at 8:43 PM

Love this serties! What a beautiful cat - and the B&W treatment is very effective.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 7, 2012 at 8:28 AM

Very nice Morkel, a pleasure to view!

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on October 8, 2012 at 6:30 AM

Love that look of concentration on its face, the raised left front foot, and the vignetting really leads one's eyes to the main subject.

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