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Fames Promise
Fames Promise
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Challenge: Free Study 2014-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Location: Hamburg, New York
Date: Aug 15, 2014
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2014

I took this during the Arabian Horse Show at the Erie County Fair. My friend, Maureen Quillin of Quillin Training riding Fames Promise was in an evening class, so the lighting was beautiful as she rode into the setting sun.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 177
Avg (all users): 6.3879
Avg (commenters): 8.1000
Avg (participants): 6.2472
Avg (non-participants): 6.8519
Views since voting: 10488
Views during voting: 191
Votes: 116
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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12/31/2015 09:45:46 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hehe, funny to see that I am also the only post-challenge commenter here. I am a retired horse trainer with a background in eventing, which includes dressage. Love, love, love everything about the horse and rider: great light on them, love the lines, the fantastic exposure, I think you were wise to desat. But the oof bg details are distracting which weakens the impact of what you have. Burning the bejeezus out of the bg may have worked best especially on the fencing at the end of the arena, where it meets the horse's eye.

I am very impressed that you got this detail at f2.8, I'm guessing a 70-200mm? Anyway, you got a magnificent capture here, and to be honest I never would have guessed an Arabian as this is not the sort of discipline you tend to see them in.

Great work, please keep it up and continue entering!

Susan
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09/08/2014 02:34:51 PM
Very nice shot, I've often seen this angle from when I used to shoot dressage shows. Love the braid job - surprised she didn't do the long running braid which is what I would expect to see at an Arabian show. Gorgeous light too.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2014 03:06:55 PM
the light says it all
bump
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09/07/2014 01:45:42 PM
Voted previously: Spectacularly well seen and rendered, 9 from me.
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09/06/2014 12:29:27 PM
Stately.
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09/06/2014 07:10:52 AM
I really like this. Beautiful light that highlights the horse and rider well.
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09/05/2014 02:51:38 PM
Very nice perspective and color tone.
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09/05/2014 02:24:18 PM
love the crop the light and your editing! Stellar
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09/03/2014 08:59:00 PM
Interesting perspective, clean work.
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09/03/2014 07:03:43 PM
beautiful tones, nice interesting composition/crop
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09/03/2014 02:09:03 AM
brilliant!!!!
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09/01/2014 10:37:21 AM
Sometimes it is much more than the subject...framing can make all the difference. Very nice.
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