Two's Company, Three's A Crowdby
YandrosxxComment by Paul: This is a new comment series for me, so please bear with me while I find my style!
(Voted earlier)
This is one of my 10s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:
1. I should start by saying that I'm not a 'horsey' person and for the most part (because of that) my default position isn't one of enjoying an image of a horse. But... I love this! These horses, a bit like Icelandic horses, are very appealing with their shagginess - this is critical for your photograph because it adds interesting texture and it does great things to the most forward horse's silhouette against the light - natural feathering.
2. The overall composition with the aligned animals leads the eye into the picture and gives it depth.
3. The toning is beautiful - I wonder if there is the slightest haloing under the chest of the foreground horse but it is countered by a sense of mist.
4. you captured that combination of glow and sharpness that I enjoy in
jagar's work (though of course with softer tones).
5. Then there is the interloping goat! This fellow makes the image, like a nerd at a party trying to hang out with the cool kids in the kitchen (I know the feeling well), he is as endearing as he is funny and he he is oh-so-important to your picture.
6. The shot has a sense of humour but, through you great processing, is nonetheless highly credible as a serious photograph too.
Overall, a fantastically well-balance shot.
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