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Freestyle
Brin


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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Iceland
Date: Aug 16, 2006
Aperture: f9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500sec
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

 PP: Crop, Shadow/highlights, contrast, dodge&burn, hue/saturation, NoiseNinja, USM.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.6117
Avg (commenters): 7.6829
Avg (participants): 6.6455
Avg (non-participants): 6.4717
Views since voting: 2045
Views during voting: 503
Votes: 273
Comments: 49
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 09/13/2006 01:15:18 AM
Critique Club Review:

I love this picture! It just really makes me want to laugh along with the horse.

Focus is good, but depth of field seems a bit shallow. Looks soft around the ears, not sure why. I like the lighting and color, I'm OK with the shadow on the face as it obviously comes from the horses hair.

A little darker sky would have helped the horse pop from the background.

If there were anything I would want differet, it would be for the horses eyes to be open. (You will mention that to the horse, won't you? ;-)

Congratulations on a very entertaining photo, and a deservedly good score.
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 09/08/2006 05:26:54 PM
Congrats on your high finish, great ho ho shot!
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 09/08/2006 02:23:38 PM
wow. looks like a cartoon, it's so unbelievable. great shot.
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 09/08/2006 12:22:47 AM
How AMAZING!!! What an excellent, interesting capture :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 10:50:39 PM
L()L this is a great image. The mouth does look very fake thouhg, But very very funny.
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 09/07/2006 04:55:28 PM
Great expression..wish the focus was a tad bit sharper on the head.
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 09/07/2006 04:05:48 PM
Oh my goodness. For real?
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 09/07/2006 01:51:29 PM
Woudl be improved by the focus extending to the top of the horses head. instead of just on the snout. Great image though!
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 09/07/2006 10:34:13 AM
Hilarious! Horses can make the darndest expressions. Great job of capturing this funny moment. ;^)
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 09/07/2006 03:05:12 AM
Ahaha, that's awsome!
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 09/06/2006 11:28:45 PM
Could this be an Icelandic yawn shot? With full grunge? I like it. Very much.
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 09/06/2006 07:33:57 PM
Hahaha - great shot - I kept calling this challenge a "Freestyle" challenge, so it fits perfectly.
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 09/06/2006 02:22:09 PM
Got to love that expression!
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 09/05/2006 07:49:02 AM
hilarious!
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 09/05/2006 03:19:37 AM
Lol! A horse rotflho, Really funny shot!
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 09/05/2006 12:20:54 AM
hahahaha...adding this to faves...too darn funny! 10
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 09/04/2006 04:48:21 PM
this really makes me laugh! and he or she seems to enjoy it too :) nice one!
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 09/04/2006 03:40:56 PM
Great capture of the moment
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 09/04/2006 11:57:40 AM
noble and majestic creatures. spiritual some say. i always thought they were slightly mad in the head and suspected they were plotting things, and by thunder, you've captured the evidence completely. it's a hilarious image, superbly captured. i like the crop, composition, the nothing but skies background, and the lack of any post processed stylistic flourishes or pretentions is refreshing. a stonking image, and very entertaining. 9.
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 09/03/2006 11:11:42 PM
HAHA... thats awesome!!
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 09/03/2006 11:07:16 PM
Hey that's a great capture! And that's what it's really all about. Hopefully this does well for you.
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 09/03/2006 04:38:48 PM
Great capture. The horse looks like it is laughing. Like how you have the horse off-centered.
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 09/03/2006 01:29:26 PM
Very good indeed - must have been some joke you told him!
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 09/02/2006 11:57:55 PM
My, what a lovely smile you have! And a loud whinning laugh to go with it! Maybe this pony is not uttering a sound at all at the time of this capture but with your shot I actually *hear* a horse laugh. Wonderful capture of a candid moment of this animal. Love the rich tones on it's coat. My only critique is that I wish that the eyes were open. Not so easy to accomplish because a moment is all one sometimes gets so I am not dinging you for it but mearly expressing that it is a shame that the eyes could not be open at the moment of capture.
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 09/02/2006 03:42:39 PM
Thank you for this photo! It has brought joy to my dreary workday! :D
It's a beautiful photo of the horse with the blue sky and the mane blowing in the wind and the focus is perfect, but the expression is priceless! What a capture! With the eyes closed like that it looks like the horse is laughing at all of us at DP Challange.

We should have a caption contest for this one!
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 09/02/2006 02:42:47 PM
Looks a little over-edited in the face.
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 09/02/2006 12:00:32 PM
Looks like one very mad horse. I wouldn't want to get my hand near that mouth. Nice detail on face and mane. Like the lighting.
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 09/02/2006 11:08:18 AM
What big teeth. Great capture.
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 09/02/2006 10:22:20 AM
I have seen horses do this yawn thing, but it's really a quick event. Great catch and timing. Makes for a very eye catching and memorable image. "9"
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 09/02/2006 07:30:03 AM
ROFL!!! Awesome! such strong personality. 9
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 09/02/2006 12:46:20 AM
Oh my goodness - what a look!
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 09/01/2006 09:59:39 PM
LOL, this one make me jump. Nice capture.
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 09/01/2006 09:38:26 PM
very strange capture. the wind in the hair combined with the mouth adds a very funny touch.
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 09/01/2006 08:14:35 PM
I think you should win. This is great.
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 09/01/2006 03:15:04 PM
Wiiiiiiilllllbeeer! Have to be old to get it. funny shot.
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 09/01/2006 11:01:35 AM
Composition: 6 - Nothing wrong here, just not the most intersting composition :)
Technical: 6 - Seems a little soft, and bringing up the highlights a bit more wouldnt hurt, but overall nicely done.
Creativity: 8 - GREAT! It really shows a lot of personality! :)
Appeal: 9 - Really funny shot :)

Overall Calculated Average Score: 7
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 09/01/2006 10:58:21 AM
that looks hillarious! great capture and I hope this does well for you
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 09/01/2006 10:45:27 AM
Yeah, baby!!!!! 7
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 09/01/2006 10:13:42 AM
Wow, how did you ever get this shot, what a cool picture. It almost looks not real. Only thing I find is the top right half of his face seems to have a little to much shadow, but I guess you couldn't ask him to move could you, lol. Anyway good luck hope you do well for this very amusing picture!
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 09/01/2006 09:49:18 AM
lol! GREAT CAPTURE!!! 10.
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 09/01/2006 09:45:56 AM
What an expression! Awesome capture. 10 from me.
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 09/01/2006 09:29:17 AM
LOL, really good, too bad we can't see the right eye.
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 09/01/2006 06:57:15 AM
This made me chuckle. Great capture, awsome focus and even better expression!
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 09/01/2006 05:56:12 AM
You just have to laugh at this one, good capture
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 09/01/2006 05:05:13 AM
Really grabs the attention. Looks like an 80's rock-n-roll horse with a stylin' hair-do, screaming the lyrics of a song...
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 09/01/2006 03:18:47 AM
omg, priceless!
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 09/01/2006 01:37:56 AM
Great Shot!!!
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 09/01/2006 01:04:50 AM
My goodness! For real? I can't stop laughing...thanks, I needed that! Too funny...10. (Really, you didn't morph the horse?) Hey, that would have been a great title!
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 09/01/2006 01:03:50 AM
Good one!
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