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Photographer's Comments |
Challenge: Animal/People Interaction (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2009 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: near Kemptville
Date: Nov 2, 2009
Aperture: f.11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2009
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A student of mine, Tori, and her rather overweight but very good-natured Canadian/mustang gelding, Twilight. They're on their way up to the ring for a lesson, and as I had to put a new throatlatch on the bridle, he is only wearing his halter. I got Tori to stop him and give him a treat he is unfamiliar with, which elicited the flehmen response...aka 'smile', which in turn made Tori laugh and gave me a bunch of great pix. Shot during Golden Hour.
pp: RAW-TIFF conversion, crop, shadow/highlight, resize, usm, sharpen edges, save for web. |
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11/11/2009 01:54:25 PM |
Critique Club Critique
First Impressions
I like the action, but overall the snapshottish feel dominated the photograph more than the moment captured, in my opinion. I gave this a 4 during voting.
Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
With the image as is, I wonder whether a much tighter crop on the left and bringing their faces into the frame/dominating more may have given this more of an edge. Because some of the colors in the fabrics contribute toward a slight busy feel for this image, perhaps a toning/b&w may have complemented this image. Fairly minor, but looks like it needs a whisker straightening and/or perspective correction.
Would like to have seen sharper focus on the horse.
Comments, Score & Placement Review
15th is good placing, and 6.05 a nice score. An average of 7.0 from your many commenters reflects their sentiments - they all liked the humor in this image.
Summary
As mentioned above, eliminating some of the distractions to allow the 'interaction' to dominate more, make this better in my opinion. |
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11/10/2009 08:33:57 PM |
| Well done! Cute portrait :) I am jealous of your horse! |
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11/10/2009 07:05:40 PM |
| Boy, he is a cresty dude. Congrats on keeping your 6! |
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11/10/2009 08:05:50 AM |
I elected to use a rating table to decide on what value to assign during voting.
Here̢۪s the table:
1 No Animal/People Interaction
2 Slightly Appealing, but no Animal/People Interaction
3 Moderately Appealing, but on Animal/People Interaction
4 Greatly Appealing, but no Animal/People interaction
5 Not Appealing, but possessing Animal/People Interaction
6 Slightly Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
7 Moderately Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
8 Greatly Appealing and possessing Animal People Interaction
9 Better than #8, and caused an audible sigh
10 Better than #9, and would likely declare it a favorite |
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11/10/2009 06:11:06 AM |
| :) What a face!!! That's so cute! |
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11/10/2009 02:42:22 AM |
| LOL! This is an amazing shot! |
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11/07/2009 06:11:33 PM |
| Fun photo. Pity the horse's face is largely unsharp or blurred. Sharpness appears to go from the girl's face back beyond the saddle. |
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11/05/2009 03:06:44 AM |
| :-) Great expression on the horse's face! |
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11/04/2009 10:59:21 AM |
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11/04/2009 10:54:56 AM |
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11/04/2009 07:40:05 AM |
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11/04/2009 07:37:33 AM |
| great capture! i love their expressions! |
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11/03/2009 08:23:18 PM |
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11/03/2009 07:51:31 PM |
| Lol. Great shot - I just have to join in and laugh too. |
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