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Painted Pony
Painted Pony
Ristyz


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Challenge: Painting With Light III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
Location: My Arena
Date: Jun 5, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2007

 This was pretty interesting. I took colored cellophane wrapping paper and taped it over my light sources, several different flashlights with each one a different color. Fed the horse grain to make him stay put, he only wandered off a couple of times. I took a handful of pix but didn't get quite what I was looking for. I went back to the barn a couple of hours later and tried again when the moon was up. Third try & voila! Blue covered flashlight with cardboard hood, the red light is from a streetlight and the moon made light in the sky. How the horse stayed mostly still for 30 full secinds I have no idea but he's such a good sport! BTW the camera was set on timer so I could push the button and run over to start painting the horse. If you look really close yuo can see a ghost of my jeans where I stood still a bit too long.

The hardest part was when I got back to my computer two images did not want to download. An error, but iView could see it and I knew I wanted this one bad. I had to employ a photo rescue program to get it so I sure hope that if this gets a validatioin request that my file is really intact. (fingers crossed!)

Converted in RAW, levels, resize, USM, save for web

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 245
Avg (all users): 5.7766
Avg (commenters): 7.0769
Avg (participants): 5.5938
Avg (non-participants): 5.8647
Views since voting: 1253
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 197
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/21/2007 07:06:25 AM
This is so creative Cristy, geez arent we lucky we have animals that co-operate most of the time LOL.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2007 05:43:39 AM
rides a painted pony--sidesaddle! This is really pretty.
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 06/12/2007 06:22:43 PM
Cool idea! Would have preferred to see a little more of the horse's head, but otherwise striking!
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 06/12/2007 06:51:15 AM
woooohoo!! realy amazing, love it :-D
why didn't i have this idea? :( *grin*
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 06/12/2007 04:42:27 AM
I like the use of the painted light here, accenting the main subject and creating interest. The shades and colors that appear throughout add to the effect for me. Nicely done. 9
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 06/12/2007 01:36:19 AM
Interesting colours....
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 06/11/2007 07:58:32 PM
Great image
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 06/11/2007 02:40:25 AM
nice play with the title & intrestign effect on the horse
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 06/10/2007 08:35:52 AM
I would have liked to see more of the horse's face. It kind of blends in with the shadows.
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 06/09/2007 05:35:38 PM
this is very cool - love how the horse has stayed still so well for this shot
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 06/09/2007 08:53:16 AM
Nice!
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 06/07/2007 07:55:40 AM
Well done. I really like the colors here...
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 06/07/2007 06:39:56 AM
the only thing working against this image is that the pony moved slightly.
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 06/06/2007 05:35:15 PM
What a fantastic result! Well done!
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 06/06/2007 09:52:00 AM
CUUTE!!
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 06/05/2007 09:28:44 PM
The subject matter is interesting, but there is no reason why there should be light trails on the pony, nor are they that well-executed. If you had created the form of a rider on the pony, that would have been awesome!
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 06/05/2007 08:21:12 PM
Wish the focus was on the front instead of the rear. The colors are nice but overall really don't see what the painting adds to your image, no real purpose to it.
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