Oliver Morton
January 2025 - The Eyes Have It
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About the Image(s)
I made this photograph about five years ago at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. My goal was to capture the challenges faced by elephants. The eye of the elephant seemed appropriate since it was difficult to imagine how the elephant could see with all the hairs blocking its view.
My processing, including conversion to B&W was done in Camera Raw. I also used Camera Raw’s masking capabilities to modify the lighting, hoping to bring more attention to the eye. In Photoshop, I made a tighter crop that I’m not sure I like.
Data: Canon R5; 100-500mm lens @ 500mm; 1/640 sec; f/7.1; ISO 1000.
(Note that this is a replacement image since I had originally reused a previous submission by mistake.)
4 comments posted
Michael Laezza
Pete - the image conveys very well the plight faced by animals in captivity ( but that is becoming the only way we can prevent wild animals from becoming extinct )- you can see it encapsulated in the expression in one sad eyes.
The B&W treatment is effective. And I also like the original image as I find the yellowish color in the pupil actually draws the attention to the eye more than the B&W. Posted: 01/13/2025 18:19:41
The B&W treatment is effective. And I also like the original image as I find the yellowish color in the pupil actually draws the attention to the eye more than the B&W. Posted: 01/13/2025 18:19:41
Pete - an absolute gorgoues image. I firstly thought it is a desert with some grass :-)
When I need to think of something to improve, then I would change the cropping to reduce the area on the top left that has less wrinkles. See attached an idea of the croppping. Ignore the bw treatment, which was an online conversion. What do you think? Posted: 01/14/2025 15:07:46
When I need to think of something to improve, then I would change the cropping to reduce the area on the top left that has less wrinkles. See attached an idea of the croppping. Ignore the bw treatment, which was an online conversion. What do you think? Posted: 01/14/2025 15:07:46
Pete
Maybe "I have my eye on You"
Emil
Posted: 01/17/2025 02:50:19
Maybe "I have my eye on You"
Emil
Posted: 01/17/2025 02:50:19
Pete, I like the image you capture and how you cropped the image. The pupil of the eye is one of the areas that I could see challenging in this image. Without a lot of the pupil showing makes it difficult to highlight the eye. I do like how you add highlights to the eye to keep it from getting lost in the eyelashes. Very nice work.
Chris Posted: 01/20/2025 00:55:57
Chris Posted: 01/20/2025 00:55:57