(W-repost) On the riverbed

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 30, 2015142 views7 comments

Herd of Indian Elephants on the riverbed of river Ramganga.
This image is about 20 yrs old taken on Fujichrome and, still very active in my portfolio. Happened to post this in colour at NPN, long time back, which of course remain a preferred medium. But, IMHO it works well in B&W as well.
Looking forward to your take on this.
Thank you so much for your views n comments!
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 30, 2015 at 8:44 AM

I really like this Jagdeep, it's different!

The horizontal banding gives a nice depth to the image and the clouds of dust gives a nice sense of movement. Viewing the larger image it doesn't look B/W there seems to be a hint of colour in there, did you try changing it to Greyscale? I wonder if tweaking the Levels or Brightness may help in adding a bit more 'Tonal contrast', personal I guess, but do like the OP.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 31, 2015 at 8:36 AM

Thanks Steve!
You're correctly seeing hint of colour, it is sepia-toned B&W.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 31, 2015 at 8:45 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

I like this, but have to admit when I first looked at it I instantly wondered what it would look like in colour. Perhaps you could post the 720 pixel version of the colour one here?

Back to this one - love how the dust picked up the light. The multiple parallel horizontal lines appeals to my eye, and I like how they abut against the large rocky slope.

Cheers...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 31, 2015 at 10:23 PM

The rising dust and the layers of elephants and water are excellent here Jagdeep

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Mario Moreno on April 1, 2015 at 5:01 AM

I like the mood in this one Jagdeep. Do you have any shots closer to the dusty silhouettes ? It would be great to see

Registered on January 24, 2012, 163 Posts, 369 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 2, 2015 at 12:43 PM

Hi Brad!
Here's the colour version for you.
Mario: This was taken from the hill top and tele-converters were not popular during that period.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 20, 2015 at 4:32 PM

Jagdeep, far and away I will say unequivocally I like the color! It is head and shoulders above the B/W. devil

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments