I have found that experimentation with some older photos sometimes yields nice results.
I had an old safari photo of Zebras taken from a little too close - and from the moving vehicle the results weren't the best.
A few months ago, I was digging through old photos looking for stuff to play with in processing - just to try new styles out. ; I noticed how the zebra patterns caught my eye, and decided to try a close crop of the zebras, convert to B&W, and go for a high contrast look - extreme B&W. ; I darkened down the background distractions as well, and just went for the bold patterns. ; The end result I thought was actually kind of cool:
It can give you some idea of how the lions on the Serengeti can get confused with all those B&W stripes herding together...trying to pick out where one animal starts and the next ends, especially if they are all in motion. ; Another example of nature's interesting way to evolve for survival!
I had an old safari photo of Zebras taken from a little too close - and from the moving vehicle the results weren't the best.
A few months ago, I was digging through old photos looking for stuff to play with in processing - just to try new styles out. ; I noticed how the zebra patterns caught my eye, and decided to try a close crop of the zebras, convert to B&W, and go for a high contrast look - extreme B&W. ; I darkened down the background distractions as well, and just went for the bold patterns. ; The end result I thought was actually kind of cool:
It can give you some idea of how the lions on the Serengeti can get confused with all those B&W stripes herding together...trying to pick out where one animal starts and the next ends, especially if they are all in motion. ; Another example of nature's interesting way to evolve for survival!
; You really did a great job in making this pop. ; To me it looks beyond B&W. ; Very striking.
; I wanted to go for a real high-key, low-key, extremely contrasty look, and all those green bushes and such in the background were taking away from it a bit. ; I just wish I had more zebra shots to play with! ; Those things are kind of wily - and I actually didn't see ANY on my last two safaris.