The weather man said Mar. 5 would be partly cloudy, well that lasted a grand total of 5 minutes. So I took a vary buddy looking Loon photo into DxO PhotoLab 4’s Nik Collection and turned into a B&W. This shot was take hand held from the boat launch on The Fourmile River in South Lyme, Ct. I will show you the shot I started with.
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Peter
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Is this a composite: No
Canon 7Dll, Sigma 150-600mm, 546mm, F6.3, 1/640, -.3Ev, ISO 2000. The shot is cropped by 50% into a 16by9. After making the B&W, I used a local brush to soften some of the foreground and background find grain produce by the B&W conversion.
A fine looking youngster here, at least it looks like a juvenile to me. The b&w works very well. Great reflection and detail. You could shave a little more off the top and not lose anything. The wake is particularly nice - makes for a little more implied action. I can’t wait till they come back up this way. We usually have a few here on the flowage and they’re quite used to people. Pontoon boats motor by them at a good clip and they don’t even move.
Really nice Peter. Nice low angle, good reflection and sweet pose with the loon swimming towards you. I am a color person and especially when there is very little color! So although both are vg I prefer the original.
Well caught, Peter! I too prefer the original; maybe if you softened the FG and BG even more in the B and W (to match the original), I’d find the ripples less distracting . I also find the colour warmer, matching the gentle bird.
Hello, Peter. Although I am usually a fan on B&W images, in this particular case I seem to like the original better. You did a good job though, technically, bringing the image to B&W, but in this case… well. A matter of personal preference I assume. Either way a very good shot, having the birds swimming towards you with the wake and the awesome reflection! Love it ! Congrats & nice to see everybody having their personal preferences … Greetings, Hans
… Greetings, Hans