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Gypsy
Gypsy
Ristyz


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Challenge: Animals In Motion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: pasture
Date: Apr 20, 2009
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2009

 Both my 30Ds and my 70-200 2.8 were in the shop (canon) for the annual pre-show season tune-up. Murphy insisted that this particular challenge had to come up while they were gone of course, AND while I had a rare chance to photograph Gypsy cobs at liberty. (They are all back now, but I sure missed them this week)

convert from RAW, lots of dodging and burning, light gaussian blur on a layer, USM too of course, convert to sepia, all in PS.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 143
Avg (all users): 6.8659
Avg (commenters): 7.9048
Avg (participants): 6.5303
Avg (non-participants): 7.0619
Views since voting: 4295
Views during voting: 463
Votes: 179
Comments: 40
Favorites: 10 (view)

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 05/07/2009 07:17:17 AM
Cristy, Congratulations on Top 10! Woo-hoooo! Love the Hair!
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 05/06/2009 06:47:14 AM
What breed of horse (pony?) is this? Beautiful image!
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 05/04/2009 10:11:59 AM
Congratulations on your top ten finish Cristy of this beautiful horse. :)
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 05/04/2009 07:59:27 AM
Absolutely outstanding. This was my favourite right through the challenge.
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 05/04/2009 07:12:53 AM
Congrats Cristy on your Top Ten finish.
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 05/04/2009 03:58:40 AM
Superb! Congrats on the strong finish!
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 05/04/2009 01:24:45 AM
when i saw this in the challenge i was enthralled by the beauty of this horse .. the lighting shows gypsy to perfection .. congrats on such a stunning shot and a great place in the challenge .. :)
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 05/04/2009 12:58:26 AM
Would have been nice to see a ribbon on this one, but an excellent finish for a first class photographer! ;-)
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 05/04/2009 12:34:51 AM
Beautiful image, and magnificent subject.
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 05/04/2009 12:25:46 AM
woot! nice finish girly.
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 05/04/2009 12:13:14 AM
Congrats on the top 10, wish this had finished higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/03/2009 11:14:07 PM
The lighting in this scene is amazing. I love how it highlights the mane and legs. This looks almost like some kind of fairy tale dream sequence.
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 05/03/2009 09:05:27 AM
8 - That's a lot of grooming there. What a knock-out. Tones suit this very well, especially with the added backlit element.
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 05/03/2009 02:23:18 AM
Beautiful horse and beautiful lighting! 9
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 05/02/2009 04:42:02 PM
good lighting and processing.
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 05/02/2009 11:34:05 AM
What a stunning animal!! Beautiful shot of an absolutely fantastic subject! Tad dark but I couldn't care less :)
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 05/02/2009 01:53:55 AM
What a great horse to have this kind of backlighting on!
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 05/01/2009 08:46:28 AM
Lightplay.... beautiful.
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 05/01/2009 02:39:11 AM
Ooh, gorgeous. Magical.
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 04/30/2009 08:15:22 PM
back to leave comments , love the contrast , details and the quality of light. Top notch shot ! bump to 9
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 04/30/2009 04:13:44 PM
Liking the backlighting and strong contrast though the shadows around the sides don't appeal to me.
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 04/29/2009 11:04:54 PM
Remembering times many years ago. A friend had a couple of these when I was growing up. Big, graceful animals. We used to take the cart out with them pulling it along the road..............good times

Greta phoot, I love the processing for this, it just appeals to me. Well done
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 04/29/2009 04:58:04 PM
Great shot
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 04/29/2009 03:35:30 PM
love the light! great photograph
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 04/29/2009 02:22:49 PM
what a gorgous animal, and the lighting is good also!
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 04/29/2009 02:05:57 PM
Gorgeous light, gorgeous animal.
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 04/29/2009 01:49:48 PM
Ohmygoodness, what a beautiful animal!
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 04/29/2009 07:16:10 AM
Great Job, your photo made me say "WOW" I really like this allot, worthy of framing and hanging on the wall I give it a (10)
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 04/29/2009 01:25:47 AM
oh wow, what a beautiful animal! I'm jelouse.
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 04/28/2009 02:50:01 PM
She/he is amazingly beautiful! I love it.
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 04/28/2009 01:47:21 AM
Beautiful horse captured in wonderful lighting. You made the perfect choice for processing as well.
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 04/28/2009 12:05:07 AM
OK Cristy / Lynne, you can stop showing off how well you caught this Gypsy Vanner now, lol! :-) great backlighting and love the feathers. 9
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 04/27/2009 08:22:39 PM
A simply beautiful image of a beautiful animal. The white are right on the edge, the halo effect is stunning and the overall impact of beauty, grace and power is palpable. A stunning technical and artistic success - an incredible capture. Well done.
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 04/27/2009 07:51:44 PM
What a proud beauty. The backlighting works great here in this high contrast shot. shutter is fast enough to freeze the motion.
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 04/27/2009 03:14:35 PM
This horse is beautiful
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 04/27/2009 01:58:45 PM
Lovely lighting.
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 04/27/2009 01:20:56 PM
What an incredible lookign horse ! Absolutely magnificent and I think the processing sets it off really well.
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 04/27/2009 01:19:18 PM
Just glorious!!! Stunning animal, perfect lighting, great use of vignetting. Not voting right now.
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 04/27/2009 12:12:51 PM
Wow! Wow! Wow! Fabio turned into a horsie!!! Amazing lighting! 8
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 04/27/2009 09:23:43 AM
Oh what a beauty! I really like the backlit effect.
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