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Challenge: Free Study 2009-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: near Oxford Mills
Date: Nov 2, 2009
Aperture: f.9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2009

'Yeah!' seems to be Daisy's reply! Slow Dazzle, an 11-yr-old Thoroughbred racemare, is the daughter of Cornish Kiss, my Drama entry from earlier this year. I had this in mind as a possible entry for Animal/People Interaction, but ended up with a far less confrontational shot!

This is actually a very flattering pic of Daisy, who does in deed possess a bit of a prima donna attitude; she looks like her mane is pulled all to one fairly short length, when in fact it's a good 6-8 inches long. However, that nice sculptured look to her head is all hers; she definitely has the typiest head in the barn.

Camera was triggered by a remote shutter release, and is mounted on a gorillapod. Kept my fingers crossed each time I walked a horse up towards and past it, afraid someone might casually sling out a hind hoof and kick at it. Thankfully they all behaved!

pp: RAW-TIFF conversion, crop, desat, brightness/contrast, curves, resize, usm, sharpen, save for web

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Views since voting: 961
Views during voting: 32
Votes: 146
Comments: 7
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12/17/2009 08:37:05 AM
Surprised this didn't do better. I think people don't like white backgrounds. I happen to like them a lot! What a fun photo!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2009 11:29:02 PM
Wonderful moment / synergy / feeling. Terrific portrait.
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12/06/2009 08:47:05 PM
There really seems to be a connection here and you've captured it nicely.
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12/06/2009 09:50:33 AM
Listen lady, I'm bigger than you are. Very nice composition Susan.
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12/05/2009 03:23:49 PM
Looks like the horse is about to lick her face. I can handle dog kisses and cat kisses, but equine kisses? Blech.
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12/02/2009 11:11:45 AM
pretty horse....I think (not sure) but if you had pushed your hue and saturation before you converted to the B&W your tones would have been richer. This is something that I recently discovered when I am converting a picture to B&W
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12/01/2009 09:46:19 AM
Great perspective with no distracting elements. Love the detail throughout...a wonderful capture.
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