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Rassie

Rassie

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Lone elephant bull in the early morning. He was grazing next to a large tree that cast some dappled light and shaded spots on his hide.

Nikon D7100 with Nikkor 70-200mm F4. Zoomed out at 70mm we were quite close to this guy.

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Very nice. Have you tried it as a B&W? I reckon this would look stunning.

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Could not help myself. Did an automatic B&W in LR and a side by side comparison in FastStone Image Viewer. Looks great IMHO.
 
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Oztours said:
Very nice. Have you tried it as a B&W? I reckon this would look stunning.

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Could not help myself. Did an automatic B&W in LR and a side by side comparison in FastStone Image Viewer. Looks great IMHO.
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Thanks for the push, Peter. Here are two different versions applying Nik Silver Effex Pro.

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Thanks, Kathy. I'm not much into B&W usually. But yesterday as I was editing the image I thought there might be B&W potential here. Peter at Oztours pushed me over that initial reluctance to try B&W. This was as easy as falling out of bed - I just used two versions of the Nik plug-in to get these results.
 
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Good one @Rassie. No 1 gets my vote also. Just a bit too much brightness in the grass of No 2. Hard to see (or maybe I am more blind than I thought), but side by side in full screen, you can see it clearly. I too was never much into B&W, but in the last 12 months I have been resurrecting photos from the 30's and 40's and doing that makes you see things in a different light. And if that's a pun, it was intended....

Look out @Callie. I might convert you too. :) Many of your images would look brilliant in B&W.

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Would love to hear some opinions on that NIK. Tried it a couple of years ago but never pursued it. Maybe it's time to revisit. Maybe I should start a separate thread.
 
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Oztours said:
Good one @Rassie. No 1 gets my vote also. Just a bit too much brightness in the grass of No 2. Hard to see (or maybe I am more blind than I thought), but side by side in full screen, you can see it clearly. I too was never much into B&W, but in the last 12 months I have been resurrecting photos from the 30's and 40's and doing that makes you see things in a different light. And if that's a pun, it was intended....

Look out @Callie. I might convert you too. :) Many of your images would look brilliant in B&W.

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Would love to hear some opinions on that NIK. Tried it a couple of years ago but never pursued it. Maybe it's time to revisit. Maybe I should start a separate thread.
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Peter
You are welcome to convert to B&W if you want to, no problem. As for Nik, I use two filters all the time, makes a world of difference. You should be sleeping? 😁😴😂
 
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Oztours said:
Good one @Rassie. No 1 gets my vote also. Just a bit too much brightness in the grass of No 2. Hard to see (or maybe I am more blind than I thought), but side by side in full screen, you can see it clearly. I too was never much into B&W, but in the last 12 months I have been resurrecting photos from the 30's and 40's and doing that makes you see things in a different light. And if that's a pun, it was intended....

Look out @Callie. I might convert you too. :) Many of your images would look brilliant in B&W.

EDIT:

Would love to hear some opinions on that NIK. Tried it a couple of years ago but never pursued it. Maybe it's time to revisit. Maybe I should start a separate thread.
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So here's the second B&W with highlights toned down a bit. I lean more towards this one. The first B&W is somewhat contrasty for my taste. But that's the thing with B&W. Many more variations that can look good versus a colour image.

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Beautiful capture Rassie. I love richness of the combination of texture and mottled light that you get in the color version (it seems a bit diminished to me in B&W) but they're all fantastic! Great shot(s)!
 
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