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 03/05/2008 12:33:11 PM · #1
Thanks for viewing. If you have time could you give me your input on this photo, especially the B&W conversion.

Thanks in advance
Scott

03/05/2008 12:38:05 PM · #2
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 03/05/2008 03:56:41 PM · #3
Thanks to everyone that commented. Your comments and critiques are valuable advice to me and I welcome positive or negative feedback. If you see something you think I could of done better - I want you to tell me. I believe the only way to overcome my shortfalls is getting constructive feedback from the community. At a time when I feel down [about my photography] you have no idea how much your comments pick me up and make me want to try again.

So thanks for you honest opinions [comments]. I want to hear the good, bad, and ugly; I want to learn from all of you.

Thanks a million,
Scott
 03/05/2008 04:36:30 PM · #4
When I look at the photo the horses head begs to come out of the photo. It's clearly the main focus and why you chose a close-up shot to begin with. As you and others have mentioned, there's a headless horse in the background, so obviously your framing wasn't ideal. Blurring the background probably did help to deemphasize the distracting background.

I threw your photo in Photoshop to see what I would do to the photo if it were mine. The very first thing I did was add a vignette (I'm on a vignette kick lately). I did it the quick and dirty way by just burning the corners. Next I whipped out the dodge tool. I focused on the head, since that's what needs to stand out. I brightened the stripe down her nose and touched on the sunlight on her eyelids and nostrils. It still seemed a little dark, so I did a couple more passovers of the whole head with the dodge tool. I burnt the eyes to make them blacker and make them stand out.

03/05/2008 04:58:24 PM · #5
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