Pinhole Lion

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted April 2, 2013463 views4 comments

Hi all, I normally do not post in this gallery, probably since I hardly do any excessive ‘photoshopping’ to my images, and in fact even this image has very little of that. All I did was a black & white conversion with Nik SilverEfex using the ‘pinhole camera’ preset. I altered that slightly by lightening the right side of the face, which turned out very dark due to the pinhole effect, and reduced the brightness in the centre a little. Normally I do not use this preset at all, since it looks quite 'unrealistic', but I felt it worked here. The colour version of this is posted in the Wildlife Gallery.

Southern Kalahari, Botswana
Camera Model Canon EOS-1DX
Shutter Speed 1/160 Sec.
Aperture Value f/5.6
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x TC
FF

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 4, 2013 at 9:46 PM

The b&w version here is very nice, but I'll take the warm backlit glow of the color version every time. What the "pinhole camera" effect did on the left of the lion is really interesting. It makes it look like glowing dust in this version and that's a nice addition here.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 15, 2013 at 2:03 PM

Love this SilverEfex version Vincent, nicely done.
I just downloaded the Nik Collection this past week.. For free

Well done!!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Genny K. on April 27, 2013 at 1:32 AM

I think this works beautifully. It makes it so simple and stark, and puts the emphasis on the lion's head and eyes. Well done. I'll go check out the color version now.

Registered on June 5, 2006, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 20, 2013 at 6:58 AM

Very natural effect, the BW is much more dramatic than the color IMO. Fantastic portrait.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments