Wildlife in Mono
30th July 2020
Previous posts have indicated various experimental threads which are being pursued following either a presentation at the local photographic society, or from an article read or seen on line. One of these threads was from an inspirational article in relation to French Photographer Nicolas Evariste and a series of images entitled ‘ Dark Zoo ‘.
This striking monochrome portfolio, taken at zoological parks really struck a chord, and have been trying – not to re create the stunning images-, but to place my own interpretation in terms of capturing wildlife in conditions which when rendered down could be presented simply in black and white.
A selection of my initial attempts can be viewed at http://www.raylawphoto.com where there is a mix of images from a local zoo, one or two from a game reserve trip, and wildlife taken in it’s environment (the swans for example on the local river, the geese and grey heron at a local wildlife trust reserve).
In nearly all instances have tried to ensure most of the activity has been undertaken in camera, with post production limited to colour to mono conversion and adjustment of contrast. Very specific localised adjustments using Nik Software to target any distractions helps to produce as far as possible a reasonably clean finish.
As with the reflections and abstract experiments, this specific project is ongoing, and hope to be able to update progress in later blogs.
This striking monochrome portfolio, taken at zoological parks really struck a chord, and have been trying – not to re create the stunning images-, but to place my own interpretation in terms of capturing wildlife in conditions which when rendered down could be presented simply in black and white.
A selection of my initial attempts can be viewed at http://www.raylawphoto.com where there is a mix of images from a local zoo, one or two from a game reserve trip, and wildlife taken in it’s environment (the swans for example on the local river, the geese and grey heron at a local wildlife trust reserve).
In nearly all instances have tried to ensure most of the activity has been undertaken in camera, with post production limited to colour to mono conversion and adjustment of contrast. Very specific localised adjustments using Nik Software to target any distractions helps to produce as far as possible a reasonably clean finish.
As with the reflections and abstract experiments, this specific project is ongoing, and hope to be able to update progress in later blogs.