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Samantha's Challenge
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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 3800
Location: Chemung County Fairgrounds
Date: Jun 27, 2004
Aperture: 4.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Animals, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2004

 This is Sam and Sammy at the 4-H County horse show. They took Grand Champion on Saturday for the English Saddle part and this was taken on Sunday for the Western Saddle part.

Cropped, cloned out person in the background and the cars, cloned in his hoof on the bottom front and the shadow of his face as they got cut off. This was a one shot deal, didn't get a second chance.

Adjusted brightness -15, upped contrast +8, ran the unsharp mask and there you have it.

I fully expect this to get a lot of "Does NOT meet the challenge" because it's not an inside studio and not your traditional shot but I don't care. I couldn't use Melissa for a studio shot, you all know her too well and Sam asked me to take this for her as a favor. I'm very happy with the way it came out and am proud to call it one of mine. Besides, tell me where I'm going to put a horse inside my house, LOL! :)

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Place: 89 out of 92
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Views since voting: 1139
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Votes: 240
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07/04/2004 02:36:58 AM
If her head were tipped back a bit, there would be less shadow on her face; right now we have a slightly better view of the horse.

Unless ... the horse IS Samantha ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2004 02:16:31 AM
Lighting: The natural light is nice, but the heavy shadows, especially across the eyes detracts greatly from the photo. The shadows and the lack of a catchlight hide the expressiveness of the eyes.
Pose: The rider and horse are both posed well, but the image needed to be rotated clockwise a bit. As it is they look as if they are about to pitch forward.
Background: The background does not appear to have been planned for a studio portrait, ranging from too dark to decern detail and very hot bright areas.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2004 08:02:22 PM
I'm sure you've heard this already, but IMHO, this doesn't meet the challenge. Sorry. Nice photo, but the bottom right looks a bit blown out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2004 12:30:59 PM
Nice horse
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2004 08:35:22 AM
It's not really a studio portrait, is it?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2004 06:32:14 AM
This is a good outdoor portrait, and captures a bit of your subject very well. Only thing I can think to recomend is that you use a little less DOF to reduce emphasis on the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 11:29:38 PM
This really isn't what comes to mind when considering a "studio portrait" IMHO. It is a good picture of the young lady and the horse, however some of the highlights are a bit blown out. The shadow cast on her face from the hat is a bit distracting as well. :o)
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 06/30/2004 11:15:21 PM
Doesn't really look like a studio, more of a candid. But it is still a portait. It is outdoor lighting so the exposure is uneven. But I like that shows her doing what she likes. Usaually portraits focus on the eyes. So her face sees too close to the border for my liking. But both creatures in this shot are beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 12:35:01 PM
Setting is a bit distracting. Maybe if the horse was on the grass in front of the tree...no gravel.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 10:18:32 AM
Nice stance. Looking good!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 09:20:29 AM
Not really a studio shot by any definition, but it's nice. The ground is blown out which draws attention away from the main subject. Great Horse!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/30/2004 12:16:27 AM
less clutter and focus on your background would have helped focus attention on you subject
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 10:58:52 PM
I'm sure this is getting hammered for being an outside shot, I don't really care about that. You captured a great expression on the rider. I think this would have been better if this were shot early morning or late afternoon when the light is warmer and less overhead.
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 06/29/2004 10:13:47 PM
A nice outdoor capture of a beautiful young lady. It's a very good job for the terrible high-sun lighting. Studio-like? Hardly.
 06/29/2004 05:24:51 PM
Hmm, it doesn't seem to be in a studio and not really a portrait shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 02:59:24 PM
Beautiful horse and lovely girl! However, this shot has a few issues that are easy to overcome as a photographer. The first one is the harsh lighting. If this wast taken during a different time of day that would help to do away with the too strang highlights and rather dark shadows. Or you could move horse rider and photographer to a more shaded area and shoot there. The girls face is hidden a little in a shadow. If you use the flash (yes, I know it was daylight out) it would help to fill in her face with light. The shot is slightly tilted which is easy to fix in photoshop.

This is probably getting slaughtered for not being in a studio. I'm having the same problem there even though mine is kind of ambiguous in setting I thought.

Hope some of this is helpfull
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 10:01:21 PM
She's lost in the tree's foliage.
Image appears tilted.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 05:16:29 PM
Ermmmm I'm sure others have pointed this out but to quote from the challenge "Capture a color portrait of a person in a studio-like environment"

sorry.............1
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 04:54:24 PM
Your outside. Challenge clearly sated that you had to be indoors. Also, the tree's sahdow fooled your camera and the shot is slightly overexposed.

The angle used to shoot your subject is too perpendicular to your subjects. A suggestion if you would like to shoot this again: use a low angle shot (shoot from on your knees, looking up) in front of the horse and just capture the horse's head , bridal (sp?), part of te reins and the rider from waist up. Another idea would have been a waist-up shot of the rider standing on the ground with both horse and rider looking (or not) at the camera. Both these shots would permit you to get closer to your subjects and put more emphasis on facial features.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 04:29:55 PM
this does not fit the challenge sorry!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 03:59:21 PM
A girl and her horse ... what a wonderful concept ... illustrating the bond between her and her horse! I see portraiture more as a photograph or painting showing the face rather than the whole profile and taken in a more studio-like environment. Perhaps a close up of her standing near her horse while petting the horse's face or neck ... I think that would illustrate the special bond between the two more, and also would fit the portraiture challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 12:41:46 PM
Doesn't meet the challange in my opinion.

Good luck though, will probably do better than mine...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 12:30:51 PM
While this would look nice on the mantle or in a family album, it's not a great studio portrait. The bright daylight washes out areas of the image, while her blak hat disappears into the dark foliage behind her. The focus is sharpest on the horse rather than the girl, where it should be the opposite. There are many areas where dark colors slide into black and light colors into white, making the image look flat. Her eyes are shaded by her hat as well. If you could have reflected some light on the girl from just above her in front, the image would have looked nicer, but it doesn't really fit this challenge anyway.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 11:56:58 AM
you will get this a lot, but this doesn't meet the challenge at all. No studio, no special lighting and although it's a nice horse and a nice girl, the picture is nothing special.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 11:00:50 AM
Is everything leaning left?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 08:00:21 AM
Sorry, but this really is not a studio shot. Nice photo other than that though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 02:32:09 AM
This is not a studio portrait.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 12:32:49 AM
Doesn't meet the challenge, in my opinion - outdoor backgrounds might be painted, but horses just don't find their way into studios very often.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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