Ostrich Dance

[Morkel Erasmus]

This is part of my recent dabble with B&W to enhance texture in wildlife shots. Captured this image in the heat of the day in the Kalahari. Converted to B&W, cropped to pano, applied Gaussian blur to the BG and added vignetting with CS3.

Your input much appreciated - I quite like the effect created here.

Techs:
Canon 1000D with 100-400mm L IS USM
f8.0 @ 1/1250 SS @ ISO-400

[David Fletcher]

Think it works very well too Morkel. particularly with a gallery in mind. You keep on dabbling.. Cheers.

[denise ippolito]

Morkel, This is a great look. I think you are on to something here. The top looks a bit cut off, maybe you could inc. the grass heads at the top.

[Julie Kenward]

I agree with Denise that the top looks oddly cropped and I'm not sure I love the white hot edges...maybe if you pulled them back just a little so they were not quite so overblown? Love the image...it certainly tells a story!

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks Dave, Denise & Julie...will rework with a new crop (crop was the first thing I did :()

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Morkel,
I like this image, its sweet. The feel is over the top. Agree on a little more on the top.:cool: