Leopard again !

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks all for your comments on my earlier posts. Here is a B&W conversion attempt from me from Jhalana forest, Rajasthan.
5D IV
300mm
1/800
f/5.6
ISO 6400

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, cracking image but the conversion is just flat with no real transition from B to W, look at the colour strip at the foot of the page, see how it tonally works. It's hard but you need to think differently with tones of Blacks. I haven't the grounding Rachel & Morkel have, I just revert back to my college days of B&W printing, but I'm sure they can expand.

Perhaps something like this?

Cheers
Steve

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Steve, I tried Nik Silver Efex but felt it looked a bit over processed so i tried it in PS. Thanks for the RP. It looks better. I have a colour version so I will post that later.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - Nice sharp leopard and look to camera. For me, this isn't working as a conversion because there's just too much neutral tones and not the tonal variance that really elevates a black & white image. As I said in some of Haseeb's threads and my own, for b&w subjects I now look for the tonal variance between the bg and the subject so light subject against dark bg or dark subject against light bg. Steve has given it a bit more punch and variance in his rp but I think the overall problem is the image doesn't have that variance needed. I hope this helps a little.

TFS,
Rachel

[Marc Mol]

Sorry Sanjeev, but not quite working for me here, for me B&W imagery is all about tonal variation, and it's all too flat/neutral here, granted Steve's RP has given this a slight lift.

It's interesting ...........One can definetely spot the subtle differences between Leopards from Africa and the sub continent.

TFS

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev a lovely shot of the leopard , well captured . But has to be presented in color IMHO .
The B&W does not work ....even NIK does not help here !!!!
Even the Master of tonal variation ....does not make it more pleasing to me , sorry .

TFS Andreas

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I will post the color version soon. Thanks for comments.

[Steve Kaluski]

Even the Master of tonal variation ....does not make it more pleasing to me , sorry .

Why not have a go at a RP Andreas?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Does not make any sense to me , as it does not work for me in B&W , easy as that .
Got nothing to do with your RP , simply do not see potential to make it work.Just miss the color .
The Leopard that Marc posted does work in B&W as it has a simple content , and not that busy stuff that is in this shot.

Andreas

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi. Here is my RP processed in COLOUR as I feel it works better. Please give your valuable feedback.