Intensive Look

[Rosl Roessner]

I made this image from the lion and converted it to Black and White to emphasize the look of the beautiful eyes.

Does it work?


Mark III Canon 500mm f 4
1/500 sec f 5.6 IO 640

[Ed Cordes]

I do like the eyes. The expression seems to be rather forlorn

[Robert Amoruso]

Rosl,

I think doing this image in B&W was inspired and a great way to go. I love the expression and the composition.

I would like to offer you some tonal tweaks to enhance the image. In the repost, I did the following.

Local Contrast Enhancement using USM on a BG copy at 25/40/0.
Curves using PSCS3 medium s-curve preset.
Quickmask the eyes to select them and then curves on that selection to lighten them up.
USM to sharpen at 125/0.2/30 - two rounds.

[Keith Bauer]

I'd love to see this as a B&W with the eyes left in color.....

[denise ippolito]

Robert I like what you've done here- I also like the included advice it's very helpful to begginers like myself.

Rosl, Nice capture !! Well done as usual

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I love the looks. Robert's repost looks much better. B&W has its own charm.