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    Hi folks have not seen a B/W for some days, so i thought i play and post….
    WDYT? By knowing not everybody's cup of tea….
    Image taken long time ago in Kaziranga NP in Assam, with many sightings of this wonderful an amazing animals.Sadly my photography skills were not as good as the sightings.

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    HH from open Gipsy

    F 5,6 ; Iso 400 ; 1/350 sec

    Processed in CC and made use of a B/W plugin , cropped for comp

    C&C as always very welcome

    Cheers Andreas

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    Hi Andreas - I like the way the texture and armor is shown off but not a fan of such a heavy sepia/rose toning. I also think the shadows and mud covered areas are a bit dark. Finally there are what look like halos along parts of the legs, most noticeable on the left rear leg.

    TFS,
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    Hi Andreas, The one-horned Rhinos are incredible animals indeed. You did well to show the texture, armour and the comp works well. The PP is a bit heavy though. Well done.

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    What an amazing creature! Love the pose and the trotting (?) gait. If you have it, I would keep a little more above and little less below. Don't mind the conversion but I also would remove the toning.
    Enjoyed seeing this, and especially the little flap under the chin - not seen that before.

    Ed

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    Hi Andreas, I can't really be too objective on the conversion relying on the laptop so i'll be governed by others, although I do feel the darks are a little dark and the FG a little light, but this screen is not ideal. I like the 'pano' crop, but wonder if the more 'formal' 3 x 2 crop might be an alternative. Nice to see a different Rhino.

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    Hello Andreas!

    I have never seen an Indian Rhino before and I find this image very interesting, thank you for this post. I like your choice of crop, I would just try to get more detail on the rhino in those dark areas already mentioned by Rachel and Steve. Overall a great image, well done!

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    Hi Andreas, nice Rhino. Never saw one before either when I have been there.
    B&W I give a hmmm, would do a few things different. The darks already said. Agree with Gabriela, with B&W you can get much more out
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    Thank you guys for for thoughts and comments , will think about some suggestions.
    Agree about the halos that Rachel see, will try to avoid in the next frame, do not……..know how they got in .

    Will leave the blacks as the are , like them that stark here, no key area is affected.

    Toning is not sepia or rosie Rachel, toning is called Silver….. so up to you to see what you want to see……. and i like it.

    Cheers Andreas

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    Good detail and pose here Andreas, good to see you threw in a halo or two to keep yourself honest ,
    interesting and different B&W + tone here giving this rhino a metallic finish.
    TFS


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    I'm going to be otherwise and say I like the contrast and tonal range here, and I like the toning. I do wish the bugger had looked more towards you, but what can you do?
    Nice experiment, Andreas. I've always felt these rhinos lend themselves more to B&W than any other pachyderm because of their freakishly prehistoric skin folds and textures.
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