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The bay mare and the boot
The bay mare and the boot
snaffles


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2010-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: near Inkerman, ONT
Date: Mar 10, 2010
Aperture: f9.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2010

 Well we were off shooting at a place where they have Texas Longhorns and of course an assortment of horses. This was a 17hh TB mare, in foal with her first by the looks of it. She came over to say hello and put her head over the fence for us. And while shooting her I noticed a boot hanging up there at the top of a post. So I included her looking cryptic and the boot in the same shot just for fun.

pp: clone out post clamp, brightness/contrast, saturation, resize, usm, sharpen, fade sharpen, save for web

Statistics
Place: 285 out of 350
Avg (all users): 5.0652
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 5.0417
Avg (non-participants): 5.1190
Views since voting: 802
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 138
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 04/08/2010 10:58:59 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, Snaffles, we meet again! And what a fun entry you have in the Free Study. It is easy to see why you would select it to put in the Challenge.

Some of your comments noted that the sky was a bit bland, and I played with your image just a little using Shadows & Highlights. Now that's a very useful tool for situations such as this, and I found it put a bit more light into that clever horse's neck and deepened the blues dramatically. Just a thought, of course.

Your "V" with the fence poles and the clever boot at the right top worked quite well but could have stood a bit more color. Nevertheless, this, as Melethia says, is cute and quirky and I'm glad to have seen it again.

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 04/08/2010 12:57:10 AM
Wonderfully quirky! Quite enjoyed this one when voting.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/07/2010 01:28:38 PM
I can understand the POV...however, the time of day really worked against you with very strong/harsh sunlight. The POV does create a fun, humorous feel with the horse's head appearing to be HUGE in comparison to his skinny little neck. :-) Good luck in the challenge.
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 04/07/2010 09:55:32 AM
Pole a bit overexposed but nice angle you have here. Cute take
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 04/06/2010 10:33:41 AM
wide angles really do well in these situations...ok overall 5
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 04/05/2010 10:02:01 PM
Good angle and nice detail.
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 04/01/2010 02:48:30 AM
my only quibble with this is the bars coming out of her nose.
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