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    Zebra in Kenya. I was framing the one on the left in the small of the back of the one in front, then waiting for a flick of the tail.
    400mm, 1/800, f5.6, ISO320. Slight crop, processed in Lightroom.
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    Like the thinking behind this one. The curved up tail is nice and the black and white treatment works quite well.

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    Zebra are so common in Africa that it is hard to come up with interesting composition. I have not found a single image from my shots. But I like what you have achieved here. I think B&W also works quite well. I am thinking if you crop tight just for the front Zebra, I think there is one more interesting image there.

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    Thanks John and Jay for the comments. I have three areas of interest in mind with animals when photographing, the eyes, the ears and the tails, they all worked out here. I agree with your general comments on Zebra Jay!

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    I too like the composition, the only issue I have is that the blacks are for the most part very dense.

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    I like what your trying to achieve here Greg and this almost works,

    techs and mono conversion look fine, blacks don't need to exhibit the same detail we have in colour for me, ......just needed that foal to nestle it's head between the arching flicking tail.

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    Thanks for the comments. I agree the blacks are dense, that was my choice a bit in the conversion - this is more of an artistic impression than a nature shot. The compression for posting probably doesn't help either. In the field with this type of shot with B&W in mind I often overexpose to get more of the detail in the blacks, but I did not do this on this occasion for some reason.

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    Hi Greg .... i am 50/50 on this one .
    It is just the tail that makes me feel puzzled if i do like it ...or not , but i tend to drop my thumb on this one. Maybe because i am having personal issues with this OOTB thinking .... but always good to see things like this , to become more open minded at times .
    Conversion does look good to me .

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Greg - I have looked at this a few times trying to decide how I feel about it. As you said, the conversion is artistic choice and I may have gone for less dense blacks but not really a problem here. For me, the problem is the flick of the tail intersecting the foal's face. I also want just a sliver more room on the right to include the whole tail. Keep experimenting.

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