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Collection: July - it's a layer thang
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
Location: Round Rock, Tx
Date: Jul 3, 2008
Galleries: Rural, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2008

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Comments: 13
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 The sun was brutal and this longhorn was grazing in a nearby field. I converted to sepia and did a subtle layer of a stucco wall, also in sepia, to help the blown out sky and give it some dimension.

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 11/20/2010 09:28:17 AM
Wow - look at the size of horns !
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 07/05/2008 12:20:24 PM
Gotta love layering with textures to save a blown out sky. That is an impressive beast! Our cattle just have plain old horns out here in the east.
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 07/05/2008 12:19:05 PM
Those longhorns are amazing animals aren't they!?! You really don't see them around my parts...they probably don't take well to a colder climate. I really like the great sense of depth to this...in fact, if it weren't for that old longhorn, I could walk off into that pasture right now.
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 07/05/2008 04:56:55 AM
Texture makes the sky look great!
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 07/05/2008 04:12:51 AM
The stucco wall makes the image, as you elude to, get some dimension. Very subtle yet highly effective.
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 07/05/2008 01:11:39 AM
I like the subject, and the light in this shot. The toning brings out the light in the tall grass heads nicely. This is a good example of taking an ordinary rural scene up to the next level with your processing skills.
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 07/05/2008 12:24:23 AM
I've been transported back to early twentieth century Texas.
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 07/04/2008 10:45:04 PM
I hope there was a fence between you and this critter.

Well done treatment.

Just a suggestion: While he shows off nicely in this center pose, I do wonder if he would also look good off to one side, perhaps in the lower right third of the image. There's room in the composition, I think.
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 07/04/2008 06:13:08 PM
The shadows of the landscape are repeated on the cow's side, which I would never notice in color. Interesting.
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 07/04/2008 11:02:34 AM
Look at that crazy horn! It's HUGE!

Love your tones and this amazing scene.

What are you cooking?
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 07/04/2008 10:25:40 AM
Hey, way to embrace the problems of Texas and turn them into something artful and interesting. That is an amazing longhorn. You'd figure the Austin area would have the best ones, wouldn't you :)

Awesome, Judy!

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 07/04/2008 09:06:31 AM
dig those horns!
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 07/04/2008 06:35:16 AM
long horn is right .. !! .. great process judy .. your stucco wall is an excellent and subtle touch .. excellent sepia image .:)
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