Linda From Maine wrote:
Breathtakingly beautiful, Mike. The feather detail, the subtle lighting and tonal range - exquisite.
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Thanks for you lovely feedback, Linda. My brother and I have been playing with these low key B&W images recently. I did my first low-key B&W here on a MIYV challenge sometime back. It was a gorilla in a zoo image that I converted to a B&W portrait. Both of us are fascinated by this photographic style in wildlife and portrait photography. We just now need to get better at it.