B & W Reddish Egrets

[John Hawkins]

My original had some problems but I liked the composition so I tried extreme B & W. What do you think?
Thanks for looking. John

[Dave Mills]

Hi John, I took the liberty of cropping the image and adding some canvas to the bottom. I feel it zeros in more on the subjects and makes them stronger. I like the way the bird on the right is represented but the bird on the left appears to be moving away which negates much in the way of interaction. I like your idea and would like to see other comps in this manner.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THe way this is at present, you could cut the left egret out and flip it to at least face the RHS bird? Cool image regardless. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Julie Kenward]

I agree with Dave's crop, John...the birds were a little too centered as is. I love the highkey look here - you did a very nice job converting it. One suggestion I have is to really fine tune the sharpening even further so every feather in their profile stands at attention.

Nicely done!

[John Hawkins]

Is this better? Too much sharpening?

[denise ippolito]

John, I really like the look of this one and Dave's comp. suggestions are great. I think your re-post may be a tad over-sharpened.