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Nice one
i like the choice of B & W, details look nice and yes i love the dust thats stirred up due to the fight
Image has a lot of impact
On the composition side i feel that there is a bit more empty space at the top, i may be tempted to get some off the top, it just increases the impact of this image more to my eye.
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Hi Morkel - nice action captured and going vertical was the best choice. I like the conversion though even with the high key sky I'm seeing a halo along the left side (our left) of the neck of the upright giraffe. The kicked up dust adds a nice element. I think perhaps somewhere in between the amounts of sepia in your op and Gabriela's rp might do the trick.
TFS,
Rachel
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Always impressed to see this hard/aggressive behaviour, and David Attenborough's recent footage of this interaction illustrates the power that is contained/inflicted in these body blows. I like what Gabriela has done to the image both in terms of tone & blurring, seems to add a bit more life to the image. Crop looks fine to me.
TFS
Steve
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Thanks guys. Gabriela, I like the blurring but the toning is a bit strong for me. I added a subtle sepia toning to my OP just for some depth. I might go 50/50 between the 2.
This is pretty much full frame shot vertically - cropped a sliver off top and bottom.
Steve, I could hear the blows very clearly - ouch!
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I had a look again Morkel, you're right, I overdone the colour above. Just a tad of sepia would be great! Would love to see it sometime, I am busy with some B/W conversions right now and the whiteness of the sky (if nothing in the BG) seems a bit too much for me. Looking at all the B/W images I can find on BPN to see how the other members do it, maybe I can learn something.
Have a great week-end,
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Looking at all the B/W images I can find on BPN to see how the other members do it, maybe I can learn something.
Are you trying to do a straight conversion to B/W?
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