Here I sit at another dog show trying to figure out how to pass the abundance of downtime that comes with these agility events. Working in my favor, for a change, is I still need to get some posts in to close out the month. Knowing the show was coming up gave some security that as long as the post processing was done on the images and the upload to the Smugmug gallery went without a hitch only thing left to do was find time to spew out some words – maybe even in readable sentences! Processing done – check, upload successful – check – some free time … crap loads.
Keeping with the theme of all the barking dogs crated around me, today’s post returns us to the ancestry of the domestic dog. Not sure if it was mentioned in the previous Wolf post (link here), but that post was really a three parter. A trifecta if you will since that specific shot resulted in three very distinct post processing opportunities. The previous shot was the standard color treatment, but likely unnoticed by you, there were some subtle differences in the final processing of those. Specifically the contrast was amped a little more than usual to darken the background. This provided better separation between the wolf and the foliage in the background. Although it does make a slightly better image in terms of color, where it really makes an impact is when you convert it to …
Welcome to my new favorite set of photographs. Although there were a few sample tests during the color processing I wasn’t entirely sure how it was going to turn out. Admittedly a very biased opinion, but I really really like them. My favorite shots are the one above and below (and one a little further down) – can’t decide between these two which I like more for sure, but leaning to the first one due to the more symmetrical ears.. at the cost of the wolf staring directly at the viewer in the one below. Hit the comments section and give me your thoughts.. which as always are valuable input into the upcoming competition season – Linda’s already beginning to worry but the Yellowstone trip is coming up and that is a rich environment for her preferred subjects. Some photobombing may be in order hehehehe.
Hit the link to see more of these B&W wolf shots!
Life Intrigued 