Horses and Ice - DPChallenge Forums

01/11/2006 08:16:50 PM · #1

These are some shots from yesterday's adventure. I'm not a PS guru, but have tried to PP them best I could. Would love some feedback.

Tuckersmom

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1

01/11/2006 08:28:49 PM · #2

Left you a couple

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/11/2006 08:32:48 PM · #3

Originally posted by Tuckersmom:

Left you a couple

Thanks for the comments. I agree that the fence needs to be cloned out of the one.
I tried getting mor detail out of the dark horse in the one shot, but it started looking fake. It's my favorite out of the horses also.

philup

Canon EOS-5D

01/11/2006 08:35:19 PM · #4

Left you a comment on your first picture...Great work!

01/11/2006 08:37:34 PM · #5

Originally posted by philup:

Left you a comment on your first picture...Great work!

thanks philup.....this horse was so fun. She kept watching me form a distance as I shot pics of the others, patiently awaiting her turn. I fired off a couple shots her direction and she came running towards me as if she wanted to see what I had gotten. lol A real sweet horse.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/12/2006 04:31:48 AM · #6

I re-worked three of the photos - the blue eyed horse no longer has the distracting fence present. With the whispering horses I tried to squeak a tad more detail out of the dark horse which is hard because the sun was backlighting him, leaving the side towards me in the shadows. Then I cropped a little tighter on Diamond too.

Message edited by author 2006-01-12 04:33:37.

IceRock

Canon EOS-20D

01/12/2006 04:51:56 AM · #7

To me your picture are not really intresting work,

Photography is for me, first and foremost, a hobby. I enjoy every minute I get to spend on taking photos. I also believe that I can always do better and increase my knowledge. I do, however, take my time in observing new fields within the photography without becoming stagnant. A friend once told me this and said that if I wanted to be a good photographer, I should heed to this. This is the one thing that has helped me a great deal, as important to me as the bible's word, and it is:

1. Shoot less, think more. The emphasis being on thinking a lot before shooting.

2. I seek to produce images that evoke emotion, that are more than just clever or technically perfect.

3. Ask yourself some quick critical questions.

What does the scene express?

What elements of the subject make the photo arresting?

Is it good light?

What shall I include and exclude?

What will I expose for?

Eliminate distractions in the image.

4. And after if the picture was as you think of it when you took it, " thats fine "
and if was worse or better, that is bad because you didn't think right when you shot it