Prairie dog

[Brell]

Prairie dog.

[Shadowman]

Nice effort under somewhat difficult lighting conditions.

[Manfred M]

Two thoughts for you on this image, Arnold:

1. Why B&W? How does this improve the scene, especially for a shot of an animal, where the colour is such an important aspect of the animal?

2. Why such muddy tones? I suggest you look at your black point and white point settings to increase the contrast. In general in a strong B&W image, you need a full tonal range that runs from pure black to pure white.

[Brell]

Two thoughts for you on this image, Arnold:

1. Why B&W? How does this improve the scene, especially for a shot of an animal, where the colour is such an important aspect of the animal?

2. Why such muddy tones? I suggest you look at your black point and white point settings to increase the contrast. In general in a strong B&W image, you need a full tonal range that runs from pure black to pure white.

To your first question: I actually photogave very few animals in black and white,so it was more of an attempt.
To your second question: Thank you for your explanation, I am often careful to use more contrasts in black and white photos, they are often too contrasted in my opinion.

[Brell]

Now in color.

[Manfred M]

To your first question: I actually photogave very few animals in black and white,so it was more of an attempt.
To your second question: Thank you for your explanation, I am often careful to use more contrasts in black and white photos, they are often too contrasted in my opinion.

You can still protect the contrast by setting the black and white points to get the maximum tonal range in the image and then reduce the mid-tone contrast to produce a softer image.

[Wavelength]

Great

[DanK]

A very nice capture, but I agree with Manfred: it lacks pop because of the limited tonal range. I have the same reaction to the color version. For similar reasons, it doesn't have much separation from the background.

Here is a very quick edit with three changes:

1. I raised the black point.

2. I added midtone contrast

3. I burned some parts of the background, especially the bright rock at the bottom, so that bright areas in the background would be less of a distraction.

See what you think.

[Brell]

A very nice capture, but I agree with Manfred: it lacks pop because of the limited tonal range. I have the same reaction to the color version. For similar reasons, it doesn't have much separation from the background.

Here is a very quick edit with three changes:

1. I raised the black point.

2. I added midtone contrast

3. I burned some parts of the background, especially the bright rock at the bottom, so that bright areas in the background would be less of a distraction.

See what you think.

Good job, thanks for all your help.

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