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Challenge: Solstice (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2013 Challenge shots
Date: Dec 26, 2013
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2013
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[Jan. 2nd, 2014 09:35:34 PM]
Taken at my mother-in-laws in MN over the Christmas holidays. The sun was doing very interesting things in the sky behind some clouds, so I ran out with the camera, hoping to get horses and sun in the same shot.
Do you think it cooperated?
No!!
I did have a strictly sun coming through a winter sky:
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But I found them much more boring. It didn't think people would find the entry particularly solstice related, but it was such an overcast, snowy day -- definitely the deep and dark December, type day. Lows were down to -22 on one or two nights. And that's not the wind chill.
It's nice to be back in Virginia. The High at my mom-in-laws on Monday is forecasted to be -12!
The days may be getting longer, but not necessarily warmer yet.
Thanks for all the wonderful comments!
(regarding his color -- it was processed on the old laptop, on which I usually fail miserably at processing. However, I didn't adjust his color -- this color came about by bumping the contrast a bit too much. He really does have a gorgeous red to his coat. The contrast brought it out a bit too much, but not a lot.
Btw, did you know that humans aren't the only creatures that like to catch snowflakes on their tongues?
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01/03/2014 11:20:51 AM |
| Congratulations on the high finish for this photo that has so much heart. |
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01/03/2014 07:35:20 AM |
| Wendy you simply don't know how to take a bad photo. intriguing and beautiful! |
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01/03/2014 07:09:14 AM |
| Congrats on the tt, Wendy!! See you soon!!!!!!!!! |
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01/02/2014 07:24:09 PM |
| It's lovely, Wendy. Congratulations on the top 10. |
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01/02/2014 11:33:14 AM |
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01/02/2014 06:18:40 AM |
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01/01/2014 06:28:22 AM |
| Nice capture of the falling snow. Not easy to do. I like the use of the trees to frame the image on the right. I'd hang this on my wall. |
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12/29/2013 06:18:27 PM |
| Lovely portrait, though it is hard to associate this image with the Solstice |
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12/29/2013 09:36:56 AM |
| sweet. horse colour a little over the top |
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12/29/2013 07:49:00 AM |
| great capture. love the rich velvety fur in the stark white of winter. |
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12/27/2013 06:58:28 PM |
| The emerging horse is beautiful, the slender branch is magically highlighted and an optical illusion, too. I like this very much. |
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