A zebra foal falls victim to a hungry lioness with very young mouths to feed, she bided her time and seized the moment when this young zebra strolled away from mum at a waterhole.
We watched the whole event from the beginning taking over an hour to play out, an amazing sight to witness!
Serengeti- Nth Tanzania.
D4 500 VRII +1.4tc. f/5.6 1/500s ISO200 Crop to portrait, and added a slight warming filter of 10% to this B&W conv in ACR/CC to suit, then dragged the clarity to -70 for softer look.
C & C most welcome
Cheers
Marc
*Forgot to add THEME to title, could you please take care of that Morkel?
Hi Marc - I quite like this. There's a feeling of intimacy as if the viewer is one of the pride following the lioness. The softness works well as does the toning. In addition to the warming filter did you add coffee toning?
Hi Marc - I quite like this. There's a feeling of intimacy as if the viewer is one of the pride following the lioness. The softness works well as does the toning. In addition to the warming filter did you add coffee toning?
TFS,
Rachel
Went to choose warming filter 81A then selected colour picker to one I liked, so not "coffee" as such but perhaps close.
Hi Marc,
that´s how life goes in the African bush, you captured this well.
I am fine with the comp and the overall tones.I am not sure about the toning and the processing , in parts it looks gritty i.e. Lion and very soft i.e. Zebra.The tonality in parts is quite flat (zebra ) , think this comes from negative clarity .
I quite like all the flies in the air.
I am fine with the comp and the overall tones.I am not sure about the toning and the processing , in parts it looks gritty i.e. Lion and very soft i.e. Zebra.The tonality in parts is quite flat (zebra ) , think this comes from negative clarity .TFS Andreas
That was actually the tonality/effect I was trying to achieve by using the clarity slider, so it's a preference thing for sure.
Another stunning moment captured, a zebra foal dragged through the grass, the unfortunate victim of this powerful lioness. I like the crop, the presence of the flies (symbolic of the zebra's death), the strong body of the lioness. I do not mind not having eye-contact with the lioness, on the contrary-I believe this draws attention to the victim. The zebra's head does seem a tad too soft and I tend to agree with Andreas on the gritty feel here and there, but I understand this might have been your intention - I have not much experience with conversions so I am just expressing a humble opinion My attempts at B/W and the likes have not been successful, I am just experimenting at this stage.
Nice moment here Marc, and I agree on the intimacy created here.
I too feel there's something lacking in the toning and clarity - I would like a bit more clarity and texture personally, and I think you can dodge the midtones and highlights a bit for a bit more pop...especially on the subjects, not so much on the surrounds?
Hi Marc, I agree Morkel in upping the highlights to bring out more of the range of White & Black, albeit in a toned medium. The plague of flies adds to the capture. Having the lionesses head facing away from view perhaps emphasises the life struggle out in the bush?
TFS
Steve
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I too feel there's something lacking in the toning and clarity - I would like a bit more clarity and texture personally, and I think you can dodge the midtones and highlights a bit for a bit more pop...especially on the subjects, not so much on the surrounds?
Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski
Hi Marc, I agree Morkel in upping the highlights to bring out more of the range of White & Black, albeit in a toned medium.
TFS
Steve
Appreciate the input.
I understand that is your preference for this image, ie. more contrast in the midtones & highlights, but my aim was to go the other way and reduce the tones/highlights by going for a more softer look
across the whole image, I feel this image achieves that, ......as I said it's a personal preference thing.
my aim was to go the other way and reduce the tones/highlights by going for a more softer look across the whole image
This is what I was eluding to a while back on another thread Marc, if you have the idea/concept of perhaps the end result you wish to achieve, then you are almost there, as you will know what tools you require to complete the job and I think you have done this here. I do fell when 'we' go away from the norm, i.e. not presenting an image in colour, then it does perhaps come down to more subjective POV and also, how the image is portrayed to us, the environment we see it in and our own interpretation, etc, etc...
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
This is what I was eluding to a while back on another thread Marc, if you have the idea/concept of perhaps the end result you wish to achieve, then you are almost there, as you will know what tools you require to complete the job and I think you have done this here. I do fell when 'we' go away from the norm, i.e. not presenting an image in colour, then it does perhaps come down to more subjective POV and also, how the image is portrayed to us, the environment we see it in and our own interpretation, etc, etc...
A young life cut short.
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Originally Posted by Rachel Hollander
My attempts at B/W and the likes have not been successful, I am just experimenting at this stage. 
