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01/25/2010 10:36:13 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
What excellent colors you found for this very interesting entry in the Smile Challenge. Very well photographed and excellent detail here. Fabric details, leather quality and tooling all show off to perfections.
Are you waiting for the "but?" It is hard to find one. true, you have included more real estate than required for the Challenge topic, but in a way it made it fun to search for the smile. Our busy voters? Well, not so much into searching. The very nice detail on the saddle blanket; that black arrow, does obscure your "Smile" just a little, making it even more of a challenge to find it.
All this may be why you scored in the middle instead of at the top of the pack. (herd?) In any event, you did get a good scoring number and you have an image you can be justly proud of.
Keep up the good work. |
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01/25/2010 05:42:44 AM |
For those who are curious as to the reason for the curb chain with the snaffle... :)
This combination had to be used with a young filly we were breaking last Spring. She had a bad tendency to throw her head and play with the bit. We wanted to bit her as gentle as possible so we went with this snaffle. In order to keep her from flipping it, we added a curb chain. Of course a curb chain has no effect on the chin with a snaffle but it did work well to keep this bit in place. I've also done this a lot also with my hunter jumper headstalls but with a leather curb instead.
Getting started...
Here she is being ridden for the first time by me...
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01/24/2010 07:07:43 PM |
| Interesting bit, don't think I've seen a snaffle used with a chin chain before. But who am I to BITch? ;-) |
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01/24/2010 03:57:25 PM |
| I like the rustic South-West feel of the shot. There is a distinct smile so the shot works for the challenge. If I had to be a critic, perhaps the shot could have used alittle more saturation, but overall, I think its a good shot! |
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01/21/2010 12:59:48 PM |
| The face/smile gets lost in the other stuff---a tighter crop would have been better. |
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01/21/2010 10:22:10 AM |
| at first it took me a minute or two to see your smile...but I will say well done...excellent color and lighting... |
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01/21/2010 01:48:11 AM |
| The scene is a bit busy, but the smile is interesting to find. |
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01/20/2010 11:32:33 AM |
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01/19/2010 01:26:01 PM |
| Gave a 6. As I went to the next pic I got the 'bit' part. Went back and turned it to 7. Sorry I'm slow haha |
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01/19/2010 01:15:18 PM |
PUNNY.
Really beautifully put together, good job! |
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01/18/2010 10:45:15 AM |
| Very nice - great composition; colors work well - can't vote but it's going in my favs! |
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01/18/2010 08:55:55 AM |
| Beautiful tooled saddle, good entry. |
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