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Challenge: Mythical Creatures (Expert Editing*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Home
Date: Jul 19, 2010
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2010

 I meant to reshoot the wing, but the wife had guest over when I got home from work and that was that. I'm not that good with PS, so should probably not enter this expert challenge, but I had to do something with ^THAT^ horse in the barn.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 83
Avg (all users): 6.1203
Avg (commenters): 7.2727
Avg (participants): 5.6200
Avg (non-participants): 6.2361
Views since voting: 3389
Views during voting: 587
Votes: 266
Comments: 26
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/08/2010 09:25:39 PM
Agree with CNovack! Great horse model.
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 07/28/2010 02:49:09 PM
love the angle - and look how well you did ;) so it was good to enter :D congrats :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/27/2010 10:59:36 AM
oooooh my gosh....i expected a pegasus but never imagined this kind of angle and shot. it's absolutley AMAZING. favorited <3
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 07/27/2010 05:50:10 AM
Really beautiful.
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 07/26/2010 07:35:07 PM
Pretty solid job.
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 07/26/2010 04:54:00 PM
cool
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 07/25/2010 07:55:21 PM
I love horses and I want this one! Not only will I feel like I am flying as I do on a horse- I will be! Love the b/g s it makes the winged beastie pop - 8
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 07/25/2010 05:56:32 PM
beautiful image-love your pov
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 07/25/2010 09:14:14 AM
he is missing his unicorn :(
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 07/25/2010 07:29:11 AM
Top ten image. the angle works well and the wings are seamlessly placed.
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 07/25/2010 06:50:04 AM
Nice way of dealing with the subject.
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 07/25/2010 03:47:18 AM
Subtle but effective - hope this does as well as it deserves. 8
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 07/23/2010 05:12:13 PM
lovely horse, just wish the wings were a little sharper. 7
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 07/23/2010 03:09:45 PM
Very believable! Good job! (not voting)
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 07/23/2010 02:59:15 PM
Great picture, the wing is not quite right but its a really good effort and idea.
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 07/22/2010 04:33:32 PM
love this...
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 07/22/2010 09:45:23 AM
Nicely done. I like the subtleness to this shot.
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 07/22/2010 09:12:10 AM
My daughter's dream!
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 07/22/2010 05:21:14 AM
Very nicely done! I love the angle for it allows the illusion of the wings as truly being a part of this horse's body. I looks believable that we see a pegasus standing before us. Lighting and B&W tones are great. While this is an above average composition I do have some suggestions on how to improve the image to make it even better. First, I think it would have been even better if all the feathers on the wings were in sharper focus to match the sharpness and detail of the horse. Next suggestion is that the sky is flat and featureless - I feel you could have made the sky a 'supporting cast' to complement the pegasus who can easily take to the skies. Some whispy or nice billowy clouds in that sky will help further strengthen the composition for it makes us think of the aerial realm that this winged creature exists.
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 07/21/2010 01:17:40 PM
elegant
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 07/21/2010 12:15:55 PM
Ohhhhhh...love this one! 10!
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 07/21/2010 08:50:49 AM
Wonderful idea. Technically, there is something abut the wing that doesn't match the rest of the shot. I don't know enough about pp'ing to tell you what though.
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 07/21/2010 05:34:22 AM
In my top 3. Very subtle conversion to a mythical creature without losing the fact that it´s a picture. 9
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 07/21/2010 05:03:40 AM
Nice idea, but a somewhat awkward angle.
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 07/21/2010 04:06:02 AM
I really like the composition of this shot. I assume the feathers were on a much smaller scale than the horse, but by choosing an angle that brings the feathers up close it works very well. As a bonus the angle removes the need to do any awkward blending of wing to torso and allows the viewers imagination to do the work. Clever stuff!
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 07/20/2010 08:27:56 PM
love the perspective and the fact it doesn't look like it's photoshopped... beautiful
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