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[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Friends,

The festive season has begun and I am so happy to see that some of you still manage to process an image or two and participate in our forum

Due to lack of time I have - once again - resorted to searching through my folders, thought I would share another B/W conversion to see what you think.

Image was taken in the Kruger Park about a year ago. My subject was walking on a tar road which did not make for a very appealing frame, therefore decided to try and conceal the man-made element to some extent by going monochrome.

Almost FF. Lighting conditions were not great yet I could not resist taking a few shots, really love the species and find their facial expressions very appealing. This hyena had seen a herd of impala resting and she seemed very tempted, but without backup it would have been a waste of time... so she walked away.

Processed in LR and PSCC. Not my best image but I quite liked the pose and uncluttered background. I must say the subject looks quite good in colour but the speckled grey-blue tar road spoils it for me.

Hope you'll be so kind to share your thoughts on this, be it of a technical nature or just aesthetics. I won't be offended if you don't like it

Many thanks for your kind comments on my previous images, I appreciate every word. Hope you have a great week ahead!

Techs:

Nikon D5
Nikon 500 F4
ISO 2500
F6.3
1/1600s

PS What looks like a halo around the hyena's ears is actually fine white hairs - thought I'd clarify that before anyone questioned it

[Jonathan Ashton]

As soon as i saw it I realised why you had made a mono! ...It was a good decision, I like most aspects of the processing, my only suggestion would be to add a little more canvas to the top, I thin it would make the viewer think it was nearer to eye level.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Thank you Jon,

You know the Kruger very well, glad you understood my decision

And I will try add some canvas when I get some time, or maybe go back to Kruger and look for more hyena

Are you coming this way sometime soon, if yes please let me know!

Warmest regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Gabriela ... a nice conversion and you saved the image .... relatively good by your way of editing .
Like the pose of the hyena and the look to the side . Well composed and the tones and contrast are working well .

TFS Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

Thank you very much Andreas,

Must admit I haven't done many conversions in the past. But I plan to share more B/W images in order to get feedback

Kind regards,

[John Mack]

Really digging this one. The conversion is done very well. The road is way less more noticeable. Great pose and facial expression on this one. Nice framing as well.

[Mike Poole]

Lovely shot Gabriela, the conversion suits the image perfectly and although I'm far from an expert in this area, it a looks good to my eye.

Great walking pose and the head turn really works well - a little extra negative space on top wouldn't go amiss

Mike

[Steve Kaluski]

Another cool conversion Gabriela, and great choice on the subject, as the B/W approach just adds to the image rather than just a conversion which is right. Agree on more above.

TFS
Steve

[Gabriela Plesea]

Thank you very much dear John, Mike and Steve

I will add more canvas at the top:) And maybe try more conversions in the future

Hope you all have a great week-end,

Warmest regards,

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Gabriela, this works just fine, good conversion, tonal range and composition. I like the pose and how the Hyena pops from the white BG.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Thank you kindly Sanjeev