Snug

An old image, just playing with using Quad tones to soften the normal B/W conversion.

Steve
MKIII 500f/4 f/4 1/1000 ISO200 (Gitzo tripod/Wimberley head, cropped height)

A super image Steve.
Only nit for me is composition. Instead of being drawn to the eye right away I find I'm looking at the tuft of feathers on the back of its head and my eye sits there more easily than it does on the subjects' eye

Hi Steve
Works well and got some great detail in there.

Dale

Different and very effective, like it.


Phil Newman

Very nice Steve. It looks good to me cropped from the left as well, just so that tuft is gone. I'd settle for it either way.
eric

Stephen, very effective both composition and processing.

I like it Steve.Would it have worked even better if it was reversed horizontally?We read left to right and would then follow the slope of the back and wing up to the eye in a more natural progression.Maybe,maybe not

Phil.

Hi Phil, I know where you are coming from and in theory, working right to left would be more 'correct', looking into the page, opposed to out. However as it was shot this way I have got so used to it, I feel it tends to sit better this way.

Sometimes correctness goes out the window and you have to just go with gut feeling, right or wrong.

cheers
Steve

Stunning detail. Like it a lot Steve. Have no idea what quad tones are but it works very well.

Hello Stephen.

Works very well for me as is and the detail is excellent.

I like this a lot, although now it has been suggested it is even better cropped from the left.

Works fine for me on all counts, even in B&W. I'd love to see a colour version.

Great detail Steve and very well composed indeed.

Cheers

Austin