I am interested in producing some images in black and white, this gyrfalcon (captive) is my first attempt at black & white, any advice or comments would be very welcome.
It's a different way to look at a bird on this way. I don't prefer a bird in black and white but thats a way of tast I think.
I think that the picture with a bite more contrast looking better and gets a bite more bite by doing that ( I think :)
I like the pose of the bird, the wings, and everything looks sharp. But I agree with the above comment - the original photo doesn't have enough of a range of white thru grays to black to be a striking black&white photo.
I like the BW here, it is a perfect bird for that. Is it wild bird or captive?
Agree with Willem about more contrast but also more sharpening I think
is due. The problem however here IMO is the head angle, correct me if I'm wrong,
but I think the beak in fact is slightly OOF, just a slight head turn would make it stronger.
I would also try to work on the eye a bit, that might make the image stronger too.
Very striking image of this beautiful raptor. I like the b/w image, would like to see the color version also. I went a little farther than Ilija took it. You should be able to do better from the original capture than this. See what you think. TFS
Todd
I like this image a lot and the idea of B&W conversion. Very good suggestions above and I would add that some additional room at the bottom would meke this one even better
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