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Horsing Around
noraneko


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Challenge: Point of View II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 5.5 - 5.9
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: Oct 16, 2007
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 16, 2007

 I lay on my back in a pile of who knows what to get this photo - I'll just pretend it was dead leaves :-) These are small draft horses used at Middleton Plantation near Charleston. Very friendly - hard to get them to stay still enough for a decent exposure, especially since it was overcast with deep shadows. Set to open shade setting to warm and bring out rich browns in their coats.

Opened in raw, pushed exposure by 1.5 stops, upped saturation. Opened in PS, curves, increased selective color channel (red) by about 10%, increased overall saturation by about 10%.

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 250
Avg (all users): 5.7953
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3194
Avg (non-participants): 6.1414
Views since voting: 1304
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 171
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/19/2008 07:42:14 PM
Catherine, this is a fantastic POV, IMO. Got a 10 from me. I really should have commented, but you know how those things go ...
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 10/19/2008 07:06:14 PM
krnodil comes close to expressing my wonder and admiration for this.
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 12/04/2007 12:56:18 PM
Fantastic composition! He does appear to be smiling at you!
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 10/31/2007 01:28:23 AM
Woefully underrated - this is delightful!! Wonderful idea, solid processing. And generally just a really fun picture!
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 10/27/2007 11:37:40 AM
Nice knees. You captured a lot of personality in the background horse. He's probably wondering why the crazy lady is rolling in that stuff. :P
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 10/27/2007 11:12:23 AM
Love the richness of the browns and the textures of the forward horse.
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 10/27/2007 10:41:46 AM
Very effective use of pov, and I like how you framed it, choosing to put both horses in the composition. The background horse sort of acts as a dynamic frame of reference for the foreground one. If you had gone with just presenting us with those horsey legs, it likely would have been a less interesting comp. The more I look at this the more I am impressed with your choice in framing the scene.
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 10/24/2007 05:45:48 PM
Tee hee! This is ADORABLE!!! I love the expression on the one's face. He is so smiling at you! Prob'ly amused that you find his friend's butt so photogenic :)

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 10/24/2007 01:31:33 PM
Now that is a wonderful point of view. Good scale and the framing is top notch. Didn't hit a six this time, but should have.
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 10/24/2007 08:07:18 AM
The horse is saying "Look at the dumb human laying in the crap!"
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 10/24/2007 12:29:35 AM
Congrats. Still love the POV.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/23/2007 12:16:38 PM
UNEXPECTED..I LOVE IT.
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 10/22/2007 03:05:11 PM
Great clarity. I like the colours and the way flufiness of the background.
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 10/21/2007 12:51:27 PM
Cute :)
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 10/20/2007 04:58:48 PM
nice dynamic between the two horses
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 10/18/2007 06:00:48 PM
HA! Love the title. The composition is great. Good Job :-)
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 10/18/2007 06:27:05 AM
i love the horse on the right, but the strangely cropped horse on the left really does not work for me
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 10/17/2007 10:02:35 PM
I appreciate your restraint in not including the full rump of the horse.. nicely photographed
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 10/17/2007 09:18:24 PM
Great POV. 10
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 10/17/2007 02:28:36 PM
My brother-in-law would like this shot!
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