Lurking

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 20, 2013111 views5 comments

Here's another shot of a gator - B&W again. The reason I'm not posting a color version is well, there was no color to begin with. Skies were flat and grey - water was grey, gator was black/grey. I may post one in the future, but I like this look better than the B&W for now.

Nikon D7100 300mm f4 HH
f/6.3
1/500s
ISO 800

Full Frame, B&W conversion, adjustments to create a bit of a high-key effect, sharpened in LR4 and CS5

- Luke

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Don Westbrook on April 20, 2013 at 11:49 AM

I really like the textural feel of this image in B&W. Very nice.

Registered on January 4, 2013, 11 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 20, 2013 at 1:20 PM

Intereting effect Luke, especially the area between the croc's eyes and snout; water and skin seem to merge.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Clinch on April 20, 2013 at 1:27 PM

Luke, Nice work on this one, even more powerful than your previous posting. The composition really makes the eyes pop. Nice DOF. I still plan to stay out of swamps!

Registered on January 5, 2013, 37 Posts, 261 Comments

Comment posted by Steven Svalina on April 20, 2013 at 3:15 PM

Very creative under circumstances that make even capturing ordinary images difficult. Moving the subject to the right and placing your identity in the lower left might fill the right side void but that doesn't take into account how the gator's neck appeared.

Registered on March 19, 2013, 5 Posts, 23 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 21, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Luke, I like this just fine, but I prefer the additional space in the earlier posting of the same subject. Again I like the texture of the eye region, but in this edition it feels like one needs some of the snout in better focus too.

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