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    Here's another one from the "eye to eye" series (posted earlier w/ a Lion drinking) - a Black Rhino with bovine calm and intense gaze!

    He was very swift with his movement and while I wanted to get an in-motion shot, he suddenly decided to halt and stare right into my lens. This is in un-cropped version.

    Canon 7D, 300mm II 2.8 + 2.0xIII, f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 200, EC +1/3, First Light

    Thoughts and comments welcome!

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    HI Shreyas,

    looks quite nice your conversion. That Rhinos right ear has a huge cut. Anyway, the vignette disturbs me a bit. Might would do a bit different, but could not figure out yet how.
    Love the low angle. Details are good for me.

    Ciao

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    Hi Shreyas,
    great low perspective with the rhino watching you through your lens.
    Overall image looks a bit flat, maybe that is the way you wanted it !!??

    By not not being a B/W guru, i would try to remove the vignette and tone down the BG an the FG and let the rhino itself as is , maybe a tad more contrast , to stand out more.

    TFS Andreas

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    Nice angle and clean surrounds here, Shreyas.
    Would you mind posting the colour version here as well? Would like to see it before I comment?
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    Morkel, here's the colored version. WDYT?

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    Hey Shreyas

    The colour version has a lot going for it and I would definitely explore optimising that version first. The light is sweet and the golden colours set off the rhino well.
    If you are set on doing a B&W version, here's how I would approach it (repost attached).

    I would go for more contrast and tonal variation.
    In the repost I did a double-layer conversion...converting the top layer for the background (reds and yellows filtered out) and the bottom layer for the rhino (reds and yellows enhanced/boosted).
    I then used dodging and burning to get more tonal depth on the rhino itself, and added a slight dark vignette.

    WDYT??
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    Hi Morkel, thanks for your input. Although a bit harsh for my taste, but I see your point on enhancing the contrast and tones. Am now thinking of re-working it from scratch with a new PP view-point :-)

    Cheers

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