Preening pelican in mono

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Preening pelican in mono

Postby Sheila Smart on Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:03 pm

Image

Something a little different.

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Postby Finch on Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:26 pm

Sheila,

Good to see you are photographing some of our feathered friends as well as people etc. Good use of lighting and composition.

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Postby Wocka on Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:27 pm

Sheila,

Fantastic image.

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Postby wmaburnett on Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:54 pm

awesome contrast! i am not familiar with canons cameras, was this a post processed black and white or in camera black and white?
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Postby Ree on Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:00 pm

Can't put my finger on why this pic doesn't do anything for me...?

I think it may be that fact that the eye of the pelican is normallly the thing that jumps out at you, it may be because it is in B/W?
Did you PP this into a B/W?
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Postby Sheila Smart on Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:24 am

Ree wrote:Can't put my finger on why this pic doesn't do anything for me...?

I think it may be that fact that the eye of the pelican is normallly the thing that jumps out at you, it may be because it is in B/W?
Did you PP this into a B/W?


You mean like these!!

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It was converted from colour to mono using a very high contrast action.

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Postby Ree on Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:34 am

Yep that's it.

For some reason these birds scare the living day lights out of me.

Its all in the eyes. Looking @ your colour one gave me the creeps right away.

I know I am SAD :( it's a bird!
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