M1X @ 600m ISO 6400

All this needs is a contest to enter. Fabulous!

Great shot!

mmartel said:

All this needs is a contest to enter. Fabulous!

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Thanks,

"Contest" I'll soon find out. I'm selecting a dozen wildlife photos that will be converted to B&W. They will be mounted & framed to show at a fine arts museum gallery. If I get re-invited, then I will have past the audition.

There's an infinite amount of B&W conversion edits and there is no formula. It is, however, ones own interpretation that is shown. I've already edited dozens of variations and each time I see the image in a different mood & light. That said, I've decided to portray the subjects in the way I saw them which will, if anything, allow me a singular focus. This particular image was shot on a dark overcast, cold wet day atop a mountain meadow.

ReedW said:

Great shot!

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Thanks!

This is photo art at its best and nice to see such great creative work with M43 gear, very inspioring!

Szymon Ciski said:

This is photo art at its best and nice to see such great creative work with M43 gear, very inspioring!

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Thanks, Photography is quite simple if you allow it to be. Any camera can create art, that is if you point it in the right direction, at the right time in the right light. It's not complicated.

One of the best wildlife images I've seen posted on this forum. Nice job of composing, and processing.

What strikes me also is that the DOF on this image is perfect in my opinion -- while the m4/3's naysayers would chant, "But it's f/16!" Yeesh!

Well done, and I think the B&W treatment is a good choice.

daddyo said:

One of the best wildlife images I've seen posted on this forum. Nice job of composing, and processing.

What strikes me also is that the DOF on this image is perfect in my opinion -- while the m4/3's naysayers would chant, "But it's f/16!" Yeesh!

Well done, and I think the B&W treatment is a good choice.

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Thanks Greg,

I think that too many people become immersed into specs but without a baseline, that being the reality of an image. I concentrate photography not specifications.

Star Geezer said:

This particular image was shot on a dark overcast, cold wet day atop a mountain meadow.

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Was there any noise reduction. Impressed this is ISO6400.

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I'm fortunate there is a Deer enclosure near where I used to live in London in Golders Hill Park. I been there with my Fz200 1/2.3" sensor. Springtime shall revisit with my m43.

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Photography after all is interplay of light alongside perspective.

SeeingSomeThingsMissingMany said:

Star Geezer said:

This particular image was shot on a dark overcast, cold wet day atop a mountain meadow.

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Was there any noise reduction. Impressed this is ISO6400.

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I'm fortunate there is a Deer enclosure near where I used to live in London in Golders Hill Park. I been there with my Fz200 1/2.3" sensor. Springtime shall revisit with my m43.

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There was some NR after the B&W conversion with C1/21. @ 100% there was no objectionable noise, however, I did apply a touch. I shoot t much higher ISO's where noise does become problematic.