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Challenge: Horse(s) (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Date: Aug 24, 2008
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2008

 Went to Colonial Williamsburg to take this horse shot.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 121
Avg (all users): 5.7640
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6406
Avg (non-participants): 5.8333
Views since voting: 797
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 178
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 09/04/2008 12:00:55 PM
**Critique Club**

First off, this is a very pleasing image. I like the sense of tranquility created by the whole scene. I can imagine sitting in the grass on a cool evening just watching this guy wandering and grazing. I'm not usually a fan of horses in general, but this is well done and would have garnered a 6 from me had I voted. I think for the DPC masses, a 5.76 is a very good and appropriate score for this shot.

If I were to try to improve the score, there are a couple of changes I would make. First, the horse is obviously the center of attention, and the surrounding area helps set the mood, but it is a bit distracting in a couple of places/ways. I would recommend cropping out the brighter grass at the very bottom of the image and cloning out (or not including in the first place) the black rectangle in the water on the left. Your processing looks really good except for the (to me) overly saturated yellows. This shot would probably look really good as a B/W or duotone even.

Overall, great job!
Please feel free to shoot me a PM if you have any comments or questions.
Nathan

Message edited by author 2008-09-04 12:36:48.
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 09/03/2008 10:05:53 PM
Splendid shot, Pat. This made my top10. I like the softness, and it's sharp where it counts.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2008 08:32:30 PM
The softness works nicely.
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 08/27/2008 12:01:59 PM
better with tighter crop
 08/26/2008 01:16:23 AM
Not much to offer in the way of suggestions. Looks very idyllic.
 08/25/2008 09:21:54 PM
what a pretty horse:)-7
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 08/25/2008 08:18:38 PM
nice enough shot, but aren't American Cremes blue-eyed?
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 08/25/2008 03:44:10 AM
Good DOF and the colours came out really well.
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