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Published: 2009-12-05 23:50:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 794; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 18
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I took this shot at the San Antonio Zoo, hard to believe that these large creatures that just seemed to lay around, eat, and poop could be some of the most dangerous. This was one of my favorite shots from the whole trip.-Leafykins
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I freaking LOVE this. I don't know why it didn't appear in my dev watch box.
Love the gradient. Etc everything that Tav said. xD
But, I'm one for HIGH contrast. Dunno why, I just freaking LOVE contrast. This has excellent contrast, however I would play around and see what kind of cool edits you can get out of this. :]
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I know I told you my thoughts on this one at one point,but again, because i can't critique because I don't pay for da anymore (I don't like their system anymore), I'll leave my notes here.
The nice thing about black and white, is its easy in comparison to color (granted, once you figure out color more, black and white seems not worth it anymore) and it almost always looks wonderful if done right in a few specific ways. One, The image has a full tonal range, which is VERY nice. When working with black and white, you should almost always have pure black, and pure white. This image has pure darks in areas where the picture should naturally go dark, and in the light, the highlights are bright. My only real complaint is the highlights on his back are slightly overblown and I would reduce that a little.
The subject's background looks plain, and I don't know if I like that or not, but it works for the image. (seeing as that these are things outside your control, I'll have to ignore them as something you can't control.) What I do like is the visible texture in the image. You can see the wrinkles in his hide, the dirt's graininess, the wall's wood-like grain(although I have a feeling that its really streaked concrete). That texture ads a great deal of feel to the image, and its like I can physically feel the hide of the animal or the ground.
Although this is definitely a simple picture, it is a very strong photograph from a texture, composition and tonal range.
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