Wildebeest - B&W

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 13, 201494 views6 comments

Dont see too many monochrome shots here, so ill post this one.

shot just after sunrise on the mara, cropped with the uncropped version loaded as the optional larger jpeg. I know not to many people will like the raw grainy feel, this one appealed to be because it has an almost abstract feel

Nikon D700
400mm
1/250 f8 800iso

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Thomas Haney on February 13, 2014 at 8:06 PM

I love it Bryan, a stark portrait of a charged and powerful scene. I like the larger, uncropped version also, but prefer the cropped version because there's no road.

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Comment posted by Bryan Pereira on February 13, 2014 at 9:05 PM

Thanks I actually cropped it by chance two minutes before posting it! Strange how things happen!

Registered on February 6, 2014, 19 Posts, 27 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 13, 2014 at 9:50 PM

Hi Bryan. I like the composition of the cropped version quite a lot. The high contrast is quite bold and the action is great. The crop shows motion blur, so the details are smeared a lot lending a photo-art feel to the photo. I think you could clone-out the dark area above the rump on the left wildebeest to show the outer contour more cleanly.

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Comment posted by Bryan Pereira on February 14, 2014 at 9:08 AM

Hi Gary, thats an interesting idea, it would for sure keep the viewer centered as well, The more I look at it the more I feel like getting a huge grainy enlargement made, In the right space I think it might work well.
cheers

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Comment posted by Bryan Pereira on February 19, 2014 at 11:14 PM

Thanks I actually cropped it by chance two minutes before posting it! Strange how things happen!

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Comment posted by Bryan Pereira on February 21, 2014 at 1:38 AM

Thanks I actually cropped it by chance two minutes before posting it! Strange how things happen!

Registered on February 6, 2014, 19 Posts, 27 Comments