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Brad


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Challenge: The Cowboy (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A80
Location: Ramona, CA
Date: Jun 8, 2008
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/500 w/flash
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 8, 2008

 I was in process of trying to submit a far better shot for this challenge, but alas I missed it by less than a minute.

Kinda' disappointed in the placement here and frankly crops are a matter of personal choice, and in this case, the crop WAS intentional, as I wanted the focal point to be the worn and troubled look on the face of this cowboy supplemented by the horse's eye. There is a lot of detail in the skin & wrinkles around the horse's mouth and would have made the shot too busy.

RIP Sean - this was one challenge I had to enter, and in some small way, hope this always triggers the memory for me to never forget you.

Thanks for the comments folks.
I'm happy with it, especially out of a p&s camera.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 91
Avg (all users): 5.7829
Avg (commenters): 6.2222
Avg (participants): 5.4615
Avg (non-participants): 5.8750
Views since voting: 982
Views during voting: 315
Votes: 175
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/16/2008 05:15:10 AM
Nice work Brad. I get what you're saying about the crop - matter of preference.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/15/2008 10:44:45 PM
a gentle portrait. touching.
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 06/13/2008 12:44:50 PM
Very nice!
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 06/12/2008 04:28:48 PM
He looks quite troubled almost. (The man that is, not the horse)
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 06/11/2008 10:41:16 AM
Old man has such an interesting face, but it gets lost in the photo. Also, the shadows are distracting.
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 06/10/2008 06:54:17 PM
Nice contrasts. Crop on horse might be a little tight.
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 06/10/2008 10:32:30 AM
Nice detail in your photo. As you say, it leaves a gentle feeling. 9
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 06/10/2008 09:48:25 AM
Good cowboys wear white hats, right? LOL! Wonderful portrait, though one thing I'd like better is if the whole horses head was in the frame. Still, I think this deserves an 8.
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 06/09/2008 11:00:33 PM
musta been taken on a Sunday
he looks so clean! :)

and so does the horse
nice very nice image
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 06/09/2008 06:43:37 PM
good idea but I see the horse first, cowboy second.
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 06/09/2008 06:06:55 PM
The hats too new, the shirt is too new, and yet I̢۪m still convinced, just a bit more contrast and I believe you would be in the top 10%.
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 06/09/2008 01:56:48 PM
It seems odd to have the horse's head partially cut off.
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 06/09/2008 11:51:36 AM
A nice B/W conversion in covering the tonal range. Something about the composition doesn't feel right. I think it's the busy background and cutting off the horse's head. Good catchlights in the man's eyes.
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