IMG_1801.jpg
by sfmorris

Comment by sfalice:
Great. You gave this creature just enough definition to make him handsome, not so much as to make him a sight-to-see!

Under the Oak
by sfmorris

Comment by Sublimeself:
I like the way this is captured, it seems very natural, as if the horses are unaware of your presence.

IMG_1801.jpg
by sfmorris

Comment by BAMartin:
Excellent use of this filter, his fur looks almost 3 dimensional. I feel like I could reach out and touch him.

Huckleberry
by sfmorris

Comment by digifotojo:
Lovely capture!!

Mac
by sfmorris

Comment by sfalice:
Beautiful horse and great treatment. Love the composition and angle of the head.

Mac
by sfmorris

Comment by Kelli:
That's a gorgeous horse! Wonderfully detailed!

Mac
by sfmorris

Comment by Balko:
Oh, so perfect! - the picture too LOL
(I had a half Arab many moons ago.)

Message edited by author 2009-05-02 10:29:23.

Mac
by sfmorris

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Powerful looking portrait of your horse.

I've found the best way (that I have found so far) of avoiding the banding in the sky is to first do noise reduction on the sky with some other tool that handles solid areas better. I create a duplicate layer and run a heavy NR pass on it, then often add a little gaussian blur as well. erase through and merge. That smooths out the sky better and the Topaz NR then creates less halos and banding.

Huckleberry
by sfmorris

Comment by rlmichael:
Great photo! Maybe cropping photo to move head a little to th left would get head away from center. Good luck, Mike

Arabian Gelding
by sfmorris

Comment by docpjv:
more sharp should be imposible to achieve. hope it does well for you.