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This is stunning! A well presented image with excellent clarity and tone.

 

Happy New Year, ALF.

 

Lester

I love the treatment! It's a wonderful mono shot. Excellent clarity and comp. Happy New Year. Pat.

Many Thanks for your thoughts and positive feedback, very much appreciated!

 

Best Wishes to you and your loved ones for 2013

 

Alf

 

PAT

 

I am still like a child with a new toy using this Silver Efex software : - )

 

Sincere Thanks for your interest and kind words!

 

Best Wishes for a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

 

Alf

Wow! A superb portrait of this Highland cow Alf! Stunning detail and excellent tones.. Looks like you're enjoying Silver Efex!

All the best to you in 2013,
Neil

 

An impressive photo of this magnificent animal, Alf. I like your POV & straightforward composition, as well as the way you processed the pic in B&W. Silver Efex Pro is a great program, which I use from time too for b&w conversions. (although not always, as I like my own step-by-step pattern in PS as well :-)

The above picture could be featured as a backdrop in the Museum of Natural History....

I hope that you spent nice Christmas days with your family, Alf.  All the very best to you and yours for a happy & healthy 2013.

Wonderful  capture, Alf, great animal, I agree with all the nice comments.  Happy New Year , the best for you and your family.

Mari

Many Thanks for your interest and positive feedback.

I'm still experimenting with Silver Efex, it keeps surprising me with the vast array of tones etc.

Glad you liked this one Neil.

 

Best Wishes to you and yours  for 2013

 

Alf

 

MARJOLEIN

 

Many Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. I took quite a few shots from different angles of this hairy guy, but the angled shots just didn't look right, so I opted for the simple side view which I think works. 

Silver Efex is a brilliant piece of software, but one can get carried away with it, and I think its a good idea to stay in touch with the more traditional B & W processing in PS.

I had a lovely Christmas thank you, and hope that you did too!

 

My Sincere Best Wishes to you and your loved ones for 2013

 

Alf

 

MARI

 

They are quite gentle creatures too, not quite as rough as they seem : - )

Many Thanks for your interest and thoughtful comments, much appreciated!

Best Wishes to you and your loved ones for 2013!

 

Alf

 

Love the image and the tonality you employed.  The bad hairday really works to your advantage here. LOVE IT.  rek

"Bad Hair Day"  I think that could have been an alternative title : - )

 

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Alf

an excellent capture of this majestic animal and beautifully presented Alf.....i also wouldn't mind seeing a color version of it as well

THOM

 

Sincere Thanks for your thoughtful feedback, much appreciated!

I do have several images of this fine animal in glorious colour! But I don't think he looks quite as majestic somehow.  I will however remember to post a colour version at some in the future

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

Hi Alf, 

Very beautiful composition, for me it's excellent. Bravo ! 

 

 

LATIL

 

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Alf

Hi Alf. Happy New Year! What a exquisite image, quite remarkable detail when opened large! The light used and the post processing is excellent, this would be a great image to advertise the breed!

Best wishes. Sarah.

Is incredible how this can be,large view shows all details so clear,I like tonality you did for this,ten time compliments Alf.

Happy New Year!

 

Great to hear from you as always, I hope you are keeping well!

If you watch "Countryfile" ther farmer on there keeps a herd of these animals, and although they look quite formidable, they are in fact gentle giants. I was able to walk amongst them without feeling any kind of threat at all.

The post processing was carried out using "Nik Silver Efex Pro 2" if you ever consider leaning towards B & W then I can thoroughly recommend this software.

 

Sincere Thanks for your thoughts and positive feedback Sarah.

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

 

RADU

 

Many Thanks for your interest and thoughtful feedback, much appreciated!

I used a longer lens and hand held for this shot, but the Tamron 70 - 300mm does have a VC (Vibration Control) facility that helps.

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

A grand creature, captured with unbelievable detail.  I like the toning as well, giving it a silvery, slightly tarnished sheen.  The cloud adds a nice framing device.

Many Thanks for your interest and thoughtful feedback!

I don't usually rely on hand held shots, simply because my hands are not all that steady.  But on the this occasion the terrain was very rough, with deep holes between the tussocks of grass, and so using a tripod was a bit cumbersome.   But it was a bright day and the VC function of the lens helped too.

Cheers Jeff!

 

Alf

I often wonder how I miss these very impressive shots, trying so hard to keep up but I missed this wonderful beast. Fantastic creature, one that truly I would expect to be much more formidable that gentle. I do like you processing Alf and good to hear you are still enjoying your Silver FX. I don't see that you have named him yet?

Yes good point!......That is very remiss of me to leave the poor unkempt creature unamed! Despite his rough appearance he is a gentle soul and yet does still retain an air of aloofness and regal dignity...........therefore I will name him Harold or maybe he could be known as Hairy Harold to his friends : - )

I'm still loving the "Silver Efex"......so much in fact I can't seem to get back to colour, but I dare say the novelty will wear off soon : - )

Many Thanks for your thoughts and positive feedback Gail I know just how busy you are and how difficult it is to keep up from personal experience.

Kind Regards

 

Alf

 

Hi Alf-WOW,this is really an excellent image,your technical skills are super We think of an ordinary cow as a mild bovine creature whereas this one appears a little dangerous,but apparently has a mild nature. Guess it is the long hair & also you can't see her eyes.If I can't see the eyes of man or beast it gives me an uneasy feeling.some of our historic traits are still with us. Am curious about the background in your image, it appears as if a spotlight was used for lighting,although it looks like clouds behind the cow. receive d another letter from your new organization asking if I cared to submit comments about yourself. So, I composed a very nice letter which I think you would have liked. but would not accept it because I did not have a password,guess some believe I am a member , others know differently. Anyway, have rambled long enough. Best Regards-Ross.

I think that is a wonderful name for your friend Alf!!!! He certainly does not look like a David, Mikey, Brian, Bob, William, Evan etc. Tnks for the chuckle! Gail

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These guys do look a bit formidable, but I think the horns are for decoration purposes only, and I suppose, a bit like Hippys were once pecieved, the long hair can look quite intimidating : - )

The background is just a cloud that happened top be in the right place at the right time, and the shot was taken on a bright sunny day, in fact I thnk that cloud was the only one for miles around : - )

 

Don't worry about emails from Linkedin, they send them out automatically, if they continue to annoy you just block them from your addrees book.

 

Take good care my friend!

 

Alf

 

GAIL

 

Ahh yes, I think I might have made another errrm mistake : - )

 

I'm now wondering if "Hairy Harold" is in fact female, in which case I will build in the contingency name of "Hairy Harriet" ........sheesh and you ladies thought you had problems with excess hair!    : - )

 

Cheers Gail!

 

Alf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creatures from another era...?  Very well presented Alf!  Cheers!

They do indeed look like creatures from another era. In fact you would think they would be closely related to wooly Mammoths with a direct link to the Ice Age. : - )

Many Thanks Panayotis!]

 

Best Regards

 

Alf