Cape Buffalo

[Katie Rupp]

This Cape Buffalo was part of a herd at a waterhole in Addo Elephant National Park that withdrew when the elephants arrived (cool to watch). This fellow was too close for a good body shot, hence the portrait. I processed it in color and then tried this monochrome which I like better. C&C encouraged and greatly appreciated.

5DmkIII, f7.1, 1/500, Av +1/3, ISO 1000, 500f4+1.4x, hh from vehicle

cropped for composition, PS, Nik Silver Effex

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Katie - Those are some strange looking horns! Nice detail and sharpness and the tonal range looks good. The conversion works for me too. Nice one! Btw the image does not have an embedded color profile. My understanding is that even with a b&w or toned image you want to assign sRGB for optimal viewing in any browser.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Katie, this is a really nice B&W conversion, great head on pose, nice tonal depth, sharp and detailed image. Nicely composed too. Well done.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Katie , very nice clean portrait head shot of the buff.
Good job in PP by choosing the comp and the conversion works with this image . Good detail and a wide range of tones .

TFS Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Katie,

Impressive portrait, this conversion really works and I too like the tones, well framed and presented and lots of detail, enjoyed viewing, very much - hope you post some more!!!

Kind regards,

[Morkel Erasmus]

Solid framing and exposure here, Katie - and the conversion has a pleasing range of tones and contrast.
Buffalo are usually good candidates for these kinds of shots in my view.

[Douglas Bolt]

I really like the composition. The tone adds a lot to the image. Well done.