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PaPa's Horse
PaPa's Horse
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Challenge: Children's Toy II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Wichita Falls
Date: Aug 7, 2007
Aperture: 10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Emotive, DPChallenge GTGs
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2007

I wanted to submit a close up of the horse but I think this will do better. I don't know- I'm so confused. I like it and I bet many will say it is about the road. oh well, I still like it alot. And I had so much fun doing it. The farmers thought I was really strange- laying on the ground in the rain with a 2 year old- that wanted the old horse- anyway it was fun.The close up would probably do better but I've submitted it and unsubmitted 3 times now and now I'm done with the toy thingy.


Post challenge
I'm very happy to place in the top 20. Thank you for your votes and comments.
Wish it stayed at 6.0- oh well. Big Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 213
Avg (all users): 6.0718
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8795
Avg (non-participants): 6.2143
Views since voting: 1429
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 195
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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08/22/2007 01:41:49 AM
I think the exposure is perfect - the high contrast of the background helps to blow away the details of the roadside and the sky which would otherwise compete with the horse. This is a great example of creatively breaking rules to your advantage. Your effective use of DOF also helps complete this effect. Very surreal. Great job.
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08/17/2007 01:34:57 AM
A wholly wonderful strangeness to this picture. (I've spent hours lying in my neighbor's driveway next to passing traffic but haven't got anything as good as this).
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08/15/2007 04:48:26 PM
" I've submitted it and unsubmitted 3 times now " been there before : )

I have long since given up how voting works here, but I'm glad you made the top 20 and got the picture in your top line. This really stood out as being different - Well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/14/2007 08:14:55 PM
real nice pic--layout & mood
might improve it by more light/brightness on the horse/toy
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08/14/2007 06:55:13 AM
great idea 9
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08/14/2007 03:39:09 AM
Perfect. Truly perfect.
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08/13/2007 08:46:15 AM
Wow I really love this one. Composition is great and the colors or lack of them works nicely.
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08/12/2007 01:08:55 AM
You really did get several things right in this shot, but a couple of things stand out. It seems like the horse is out of focus - I say seems because almost everything seems out of focus in the composition. The other is the blown sky, but that's a minor quibble as it could have worked just fine if you had the focus right. You could have set a smaller aperture (f/16 or so) in order to get deeper depth of field, extending your focus to the background. This would have saved your sky & made the tree silhouette more pleasing. You would have needed a longer exposure, but that would have made drips on the water disappear & provided a smooth, dreamy surface surrounding the horse.
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08/11/2007 03:46:20 AM
Wow!!!
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08/10/2007 11:11:38 AM
This is a very interesting shot, keep coming back to it, definite 9
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08/09/2007 08:10:18 PM
Wow! The colorless road.... good!
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08/09/2007 12:30:38 PM
"hey man,that tree is huge!" nice image sorry bout the tiny-elvis impersonation...does seem to be a story here...7
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08/09/2007 09:24:28 AM
strong 8
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08/09/2007 03:46:01 AM
beautiful image
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08/08/2007 11:05:52 AM
I love this shot. Tonal quality is superb.
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08/08/2007 08:44:15 AM
The horse looks a little out of place compared to the lighting/contrast in the rest of the photo.
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