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  1. Phocal

    Phocal Mu-43 Hall of Famer

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    In preparation of two photo contest (B&W Animals and Monochrome Macro) I converted some of my photographs to B&W. I was rather surprised how well gators convert over to B&W, it really brings out their texture.

    Figured I would share what I came up with. I am also interested in knowing what your 4 favorite photographs are. I can enter 4 into each contest and I can't decided which ones to enter into the B&W Animal contest out of the 12 I present here. The Macro contest will include the 3 frogs plus another photograph I have. The Animal contest can include the macro shots, so take that into account when selecting your top 4. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes their time help me decide.

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    Death Watches     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Curiosity     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    MFD     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Rib it Dude     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Golden Eye     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Slowly     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Careful     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Life Reflected     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Clover     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Sexy     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    The Prince     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Vendetta     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr
     
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  2. SVQuant

    SVQuant Mu-43 All-Pro Subscribing Member

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    Great shots, all. As I am sure you knew :)

    I would vote for Death Watches, Rib it Dude, Slowly and Sexy.
     
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  3. Hypilein

    Hypilein Mu-43 Top Veteran

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    I prefer the first one to all the others by far. The high contrast processing really pulls the attention to the gator. I don't really like the other ones as much, with an exception of "Golden Eye" maybe.
     
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  4. Speedliner

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    Death watches. Careful. The Prince.
     
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  5. DenverDutchman

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    Great conversions. Always LOVE your gator shots! "Death watches" and "Golden Eye" are my two favorites by far.
     
    DenverDutchman, Oct 13, 2016
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  6. pake

    pake Mu-43 All-Pro Subscribing Member

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    Clover & Sexy. Superb shots.
     
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  7. anoly

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    Death watches and MFD.
     
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  8. Phocal

    Phocal Mu-43 Hall of Famer

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    I want to thank everyone for their replies, it does help in my decision making. I also want to apologize for taking so long to respond and for doing all in one post. Been really sick the last few days and this is the first time I have gotten out of bed to do anything since making the first post.

    Again, thanks for your input............
     
    Phocal, Oct 14, 2016
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  9. Speedliner

    Speedliner Mu-43 Hall of Famer Subscribing Member

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    Malaria???

    Feel better.
     
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  10. Phocal

    Phocal Mu-43 Hall of Famer

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    LOL, you would think.................

    Thanks and it seems to just be a bad cold that needs to go away fast, the airshow is in 8 days.
     
    Phocal, Oct 14, 2016
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  11. hazwing

    hazwing Mu-43 All-Pro

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    Death watches, curiosity, mfd, the prince
     
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  12. barry13

    barry13 Super Moderator; Photon Wrangler Subscribing Member

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    Prince, sexy, life, death
     
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  13. Phocal

    Phocal Mu-43 Hall of Famer

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    Thank you, I appreciate it.
     
    Phocal, Oct 15, 2016
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  14. AdamK

    AdamK Mu-43 Rookie Subscribing Member

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    Death Watches is a shoo-in, and then Sexy, Slowly, Rib It, and Golden Eye in that order.
     
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  15. Amin Sabet

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    Thanks @barry13@barry13 for bringing this thread back for those of us who missed it the first time around! I would go Curiosity, Death Watches, Golden Eye, and Life Reflected in that order. But all are superb, and I really enjoyed them in B&W.
     
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  16. Ramsey

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    Death watches is a winner by itself. Low key at it's finest.
     
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  17. drd1135

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    Hard to chose against Death Watches. All the fear of Crocs embodied in one image. After that, Careful, Rib It, and Vendetta.
     
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  18. Klorenzo

    Klorenzo Mu-43 All-Pro

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    Even if we are a little late...

    1. Death watches: no need to explain.
    2. Careful: i like the people in reflected in the eyes, it tells a story. And feels close! And texture.
    3. Vendetta: texture and profile
    3. Curiosity: flowing water
     
    Klorenzo, Jan 16, 2017
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  19. Phocal

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    First I want to thank @barry13@barry13 for featuring my thread, I truly do appreciate it.

    Next, thank you for all the replies and your suggestions.

    For the B&W Animal contest I ended up entering 3 photos from this list plus a 4th that I converted at the last minute. I did ok in the contest but not as well as I was hoping for, ended up 275th out of about 4,000 entries. Here are the 4 that I entered in the order that they ranked as individual photos for the contest (did not get any photos in the top 100 this time around).

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    Curiosity     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Death Watches     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Percy 02     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

    30301201105_9504ca471a_c. Slowly by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

    For the Monochrome Macro I ended up at 126th out of about 3,000 with these 4 photographs. Here I entered two photographs that I didn't post in this thread.

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    The Claw in Black and White     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    The Prince     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    MFD     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

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    Smile     by RRcoleJR Photography, on Flickr

    Thanks again everyone for your suggestions and support.

    Ronnie
     
    Phocal, Jan 16, 2017
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  20. drd1135

    drd1135 Zen Snapshooter Subscribing Member

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    It's always nice to discuss quality work.
     
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