Thirsty Elephant

I like this a lot. I'm wondering if some experimentation in Silver Efex might lead to some other interesting B&W conversions.

Max,
This works very well for me, as it looks like a traditional B& W, without excessive manipulation.
My only nit would be the very bottom of the water.

Love the tight composition and the amount of detail . . . I do feel there are some areas that are slightly overexposed. Overall, a great image !

Hi Max,

When I looked at this in thumbnail view I thought "interesting idea but might work better with an even tighter crop" (so going more abstract). But when I look at the standard size I quite like this as posted. As with many good B&W's, the textures and tones carry the day for me on this one. I do wish the water stream at the bottom of the frame weren't touching or leaving the frame (perhaps this is what Ken was getting at too), but that's a pretty trivial nit!

Cheers...

Brad

Jim, I am really enjoying playing with Silver Efex for these types of conversions. I always try different pre-sets as the base for a conversion to see what I think might work. In this case I wanted to avoid anything overly-contrasty to retain the details in the skin.

I appreciate the comments on those drops. I normally can't abide by having little bits right against the edge, but I feared cropping any further with be too tight at the bottom (it already probably is too tight, but that's the bottom of the frame... maybe it wouldn't matter at this point ).

Max

Hello Max

Well done, Like the captured water effect.

Bill

A different perspective for sure, and I like it

Sweet One Max!