Well it has been a very long time again since I have entered a challenge. It felt great to be out shooting for a challenge again. I will admit this shot was a mistake, or an accident if you will. I was trying to take the shot while the colts head was covering the sun completely, and of course it moved. However, once I saw the result I was instantly hooked. I am guessing some might feel the sun and flare are too distracting, but I love it. I love the moment that was captured. I was using my flash for fill with Mr. Fong on top(man I love that thing). I did crop some of the top off for a better comp as well as eliminating 2 dust spots that are on my sensor. I played with shadow/highlight, selective color, saturation and contrast quite a bit to get what you see here. I attempted to get as much detail on the colt as possible. I do hope some enjoy this image as much as I do.
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Place: 18 out of 202 Avg (all users): 6.4612 Avg (commenters): 8.1304 Avg (participants): 6.0152 Avg (non-participants): 6.6714 Views since voting: 1649 Views during voting: 328 Votes: 206 Comments: 33 Favorites: 9 (view)
this is just a great image, lots of emotion and story... can't really understand the voters on this one, really should have been top 5 at least.really nice job,
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 3
Technical Merit - 3
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 10
The backlighing is great especially since the horses are not in silhouette. I generally don't like lens flares in photos, but in this case, I think it adds to the warmth of the photo. Great photo.
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