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    Another image from my first trip to Giant's Castle in the Drakensberg region of South Africa...

    Yip, I had to much glass and clipped the wing, but curious about your thoughts on this conversion in Silver Efex... recycle bin or a keeper?

    Equipment: Canon 7D and 500mm F4 L lens
    Settings: 1/5000s at F5.6 and ISO 500

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    Rudi:

    I think the B&W conversion shows a very nice tonal range, excellent detail. Very difficult image to capture from a dof standpoint with three birds, one landing.

    I would have considered trading a bit of shutter speed, go to perhaps 1/2500s to get a little more DOF.

    The clipped wing doesn't bother me, as all the lines lead to the center of the frame.

    In a perfect world, would hope for slightly more separation of the heads of the top two birds.

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    This is a pretty powerful image, and I like the conversion. Super tonal range and a lot to look at and consider. While I like this composition, I find the clipped wing a little too bit in the frame and taking some of my attention away from the action...not b/c it's clipped BTW. I tried a version cropped down to the cut in the wing feather and a little more off of the right as another option.
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    Hi Rudi, Cool interaction here and I like the B&W as well. Too bad a bout the wing.

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