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Black Beauty Mark
Black Beauty Mark
Leenie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Horse(s) (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Pinto Valley Ranch
Date: Aug 19, 2008
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 19, 2008

 Fingers crossed. I'm not one for post processing, but I've recently found burn and dodge! Heaven! I love how those tools work. This will be the most processed photo I have submitted as a challenge entry.

I don't have the amazing luxury to owning a horse, but there is a ranch near my hometown that I instantly thought of for this challenge. I took this picture from the other side of a fence as you can see in the photo.

I'm looking forward to seeing the other dpc'ers photos!

Statistics
Place: 116 out of 121
Avg (all users): 4.6045
Avg (commenters): 4.7000
Avg (participants): 4.2295
Avg (non-participants): 4.8017
Views since voting: 1221
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 177
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/01/2008 01:33:22 PM
Lol Leenie, 1s and 2s will creep their way into your scoring histogram no matter how hard you try - but you have the right attitude!
 09/01/2008 09:34:41 AM
I still love my photo!
I know the crop basically killed my score, but one's and two's?
My own personal brown ribbon! Too bad, but someone had to come in 116th place... ha!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/31/2008 07:12:09 PM
Appears OOF.
 08/31/2008 12:18:50 PM
I Love the crop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/29/2008 04:30:51 PM
Sorry, this is out-of-focus. Cropping below the treeline could remove the overexposed sky and make for an interesting composition as well.
 08/27/2008 11:58:58 AM
would benefit from sharper focus and light in eyes - too flat
 08/26/2008 02:18:38 AM
USM will help your socring
 08/25/2008 08:49:53 PM
the crop seems far too narrow to me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2008 08:26:33 PM
cute horse, please don't crop out the ears...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2008 04:27:12 PM
Such a long face, but sweet face.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2008 12:06:13 PM
unfortunately there are a couple of 'things' to improve (in my mind). while the composition is not bad at all, your choice of crop is a little too tight. You cropped off parts of the ears. While you tried to get the right eye into focus, the rest of the face is out of focus. A deeper DOF (smaller aperture value) would help here. The exposure is dead on. You did not lose any deatils in the whites. There are still some details visible.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2008 03:27:53 AM
Sharpness could have been crisper. The extreme tight crop does not do it for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/25/2008 01:34:46 AM
Frame seems a little too tight to the head - including cutting off its ears. The eyes and nose are slightly oof.


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