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Challenge: Pastels (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Lake Mathews CA
Date: Sep 3, 2006
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640th
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2006

 Once more into the breach with an image that might not be understood by most voters. Horses adore "sand baths", rolling in dirt. The pastel effect was achieved in camera by setting a custom white balance, and being very careful about the histogram, way off of the peaks at both ends. A horse might do this once a day, at most, and almost never when you've got a camera ready AND the background AND the light AND you're in the right spot to create something beautiful. Movement and stillness in the same instant is always what I'm hoping to capture. Rotated 1 degree clockwise, contrast and saturation bumped, USM.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 203
Avg (all users): 6.2092
Avg (commenters): 7.8667
Avg (participants): 6.2105
Avg (non-participants): 6.2083
Views since voting: 1338
Views during voting: 329
Votes: 196
Comments: 16
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/10/2006 11:08:34 PM
I love this image more than any. I hope you win.
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 09/10/2006 10:14:28 PM
Bumping this from a 9 to a 10, its just incredible!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2006 03:45:04 PM
I love it! Excellent capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2006 12:44:05 PM
Great "action" shot -- title sets the tone and makes me want to reach for my backscratcher : )
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2006 03:52:53 AM
Superb shot!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2006 11:20:13 AM
Really good action shot, but there's not much pastel here except the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2006 03:51:18 AM
ouch! (but what a shot!)
definately not your everyday-run-off-the-mill photo, this one.
Good work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/07/2006 02:56:07 PM
I like your title - my first thought was a horse falling but your title made me say - oh of course!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 10:21:10 PM
Great photo.. I am usually not a horse person but this was my highest rated phot this challenge. Good Luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 09:30:09 PM
great action shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 06:39:04 PM
Beautifully captured but a bit too earth toned to adequately meet the challenge head on. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 05:30:46 PM
Just Wonderful!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 04:35:24 AM
great capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 02:00:21 AM
Awesome 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 12:51:28 AM
wow, stunning...lots of action captured here under a nice light 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 12:40:49 AM
Love the clarity, softness, and subtle shades. 10
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