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B&W Persian Leopard and Lion
I've been experimneting with black and white lately. I took this shot of a Leopard walking towards the camera at Adelaide Zoo back in March 2007. Originally you could see the orange walls in the background which gave away the zoo location and there were too many colours going on as well. Switching to black and white plus some channel mixing and I now think it works ok:
 1d2, 300mm@2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 400 I used two raw conversions, one to to control the highlights, plus lightened the eyes a little and used a high pass and USM sharpen. EDIT; Thought i'd inlcude one more black and white conversion, also Adelaide Zoo In March 07:  1d2, 300mm@2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 200 All c&C appreciated  Last edited by potato1 on Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:20 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Re: B&W Persian Leopard
Great eye contact. I like to see the left side (of the photo) lightened a bit, particularly around the eye. Just imho.
Nikon D7000
Re: B&W Persian Leopard and Lion
The first image fails to work for me...probably because of the broken light and the cats pose. The second image is masterful and a wonderful animal portrait. Nice work!
Regards
Matt. K
Re: B&W Persian Leopard and Lion
Tim - both photos are great - I actually like the first one with the dappled light - gives the shot more of a feel of the animal coming up through the undergrowth - but jmho
Fantastic conversions too - well done Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships! -Ansel Adams
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