Gerard Blair
About the Image(s)
A misty day - a train coming to a crossing - I jumped out of the car and failed to catch a decent train shot - but took a deep breath and turned elsewhere in the few seconds I had before I had to drive off.
After last month's discussion of B&W - I wanted to try one of my own. Vastly different setting but I intended for the mist to be the "rational" for the B&W conversion. I see (or rather hope to show) the contrast between the dark, defined foreground and the less distinct background. All editing done in Adobe camera RAW editor - not where I usually convert - but once I had done so I could not launch the Nik tools; fortunately this reduced the temptation to go for stronger contrast which is my obsession.
Farmers among you may be surprised by the lone Jersey cow standing proud and center in a field of black angus; she is actually a loan cow from another farm, acting as a wet-nurse to a pair of orphaned calves (amazing what you learn when chatting with the farmer's wife).
1/80 s at f/14.0 -0.33 ISO 250 (auto) - Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Focal Length 45mm (Tamrom Prime - SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD)
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6 comments posted
Compositionally, I think the image could be strengthened by getting slightly lower, so that the branch/leaves on the left are not touching any of the cows. That also would enhance the framing that the branch provides the image. You might also play with cloning out the rightmost cow. I like the way the fence on the right leads off into the mist, and I find that cow interrupts that.
I have to admit, not knowing my cows, I didn't notice the Jersey until you pointed it out. Glad you were able to pivot from the train to this scene instead. Nice image!
  Posted: 10/06/2020 19:19:38
Love the fog in this image. It is just enough to create a great background for the cows. I agree with Robert regarding the composition suggestions.
I like how Dan cropped the bottom. In addition I would crop a little off the top and darken the top and bottom to close the image in on the cows.   Posted: 10/17/2020 20:33:18
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