Leopard

[Rachel Hollander]

Taken at Djuma in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa. The sun had already set and we had just started to use the spotlight on this male leopard which gave me the lighter leopard against the dark bg, Converted in ACR.

Canon 7D2
300 II
1/250
f3.2
ISO 1600
Monopod, curves, slight crop for comp, curves, sharpened in PSCC.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Rachel, a beautiful leopard with nice spot light effect with dark BG. Good conversion. Comp wise, I would have liked a bit more room below and less above. A pano crop might work too. TFS.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Sanjeev, I should have said that I avoided a log across the hill so no more room below.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[John Mack]

Nice pose on the leopard and i like the low angle. The composition is nice as well. Nice background too. Im sure the color version looks nice as well.

[haseeb badar]

Hi Rachel -- This is lovely, I liked the conversion , and the perfect scenario of a light subject against a dark bkg. Techs are good considering the 7D2 on hand and details look nice as well. I think you have done quite well and there is a bit of learning for me as well.

Like John , I too would like to see the colour version of the same.

Does it needs straightening ? or it was positioned the same ?

Nicely done, TFS !

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice tonal difference here, Rachel. I could see it working with even more tonal contrast, make the BG darker?

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks John, Haseeb and Morkel for the comments and suggestions. As always, they are very much appreciated. I have not processed a color version of this image (yet). Because I now do my conversions to b&w in ACR, I don't process the color version and then convert anymore.

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Basil Dardagan]

A stunning image imo ! I dont feel it needs any more room below - i like the comp as is

[Jay Shah]

Hi Rachel, good example of your comments on Haseeb's image - light subject, dark BG and how that works for B&W image. Loved it. For my image, I would try to make tree trunk less visible.