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I was experimenting with the new canon 680ex flash and I shot this photo around midday. So I used the flash to bring back some of the details otherwise lost. Then I wanted to bring back the horses "texture" to get a feeling of more than simply a 2d flat image. I also wanted to get a different angle on the horse to try to show just how big he really is. I figured the best way is to get low and shoot him in an upward motion. I hope I achieved it, any feedback would be nice. Thank you.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D MkIII |
| Lens: | EF50mm f/1.8 II |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 20 Jun 2012 - 3:42 AM |
| Focal Length: | 50mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/1.8 |
| Aperture: | f/1.8 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/2000sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | As Shot |
| Title: | BO |
| Username: | 
djdouge |
| Uploaded: | 11 Jan 2013 - 5:52 AM |
| Tags: | Farm, Horse, Horse close up, Pet, Pets / captive animals |
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I think that this is one of the best portraits (either animal or human) that I've seen for a long time. I love the detail and you have definitely given a good impression of the size of the horse. Excellent work.
Andy
For me the top two thirds of your photo is fantastic, with a strong sharp in your Face kind of shot of the Horses head, with also a great background. But now I have a problem when I first saw the photo I felt the bottom part of the horse weakened the rest of the photo, but during writing these comments and keep having to go back to your photo the more comfortable I am with the full picture.
So in fact by now I think what a great photo.
Hope I don,t sound to confusing.
Mike.
Tried to view your web site and found it blank as far as your stuff was concerned and actually up for sale?
This is a powerful image but personally I think it has been spoiled by over processing. In particular there is a lot of noise probably caused by this. There is also evidence of a sort of double imaging around the horse's body. I am not sure either that full aperture was the one to use in this instance for a number of reasons which as a professional you will realise. Maybe a stop down by two stops would help and it is easily accomplished by a slower shutter speed of 1/250sec.
As I said at the outset it is a powerful image and one with great potential, I just feel it hasn't been taken to that point yet.
Frank
Quote: Tried to view your web site and found it blank as far as your stuff was concerned and actually up for sale?
This is a powerful image but personally I think it has been spoiled by over processing. In particular there is a lot of noise probably caused by this. There is also evidence of a sort of double imaging around the horse's body. I am not sure either that full aperture was the one to use in this instance for a number of reasons which as a professional you will realise. Maybe a stop down by two stops would help and it is easily accomplished by a slower shutter speed of 1/250sec.
As I said at the outset it is a powerful image and one with great potential, I just feel it hasn't been taken to that point yet.
Frank
Quote: Tried to view your web site and found it blank as far as your stuff was concerned and actually up for sale?
This is a powerful image but personally I think it has been spoiled by over processing. In particular there is a lot of noise probably caused by this. There is also evidence of a sort of double imaging around the horse's body. I am not sure either that full aperture was the one to use in this instance for a number of reasons which as a professional you will realise. Maybe a stop down by two stops would help and it is easily accomplished by a slower shutter speed of 1/250sec.
As I said at the outset it is a powerful image and one with great potential, I just feel it hasn't been taken to that point yet.
Frank
Thanks so much for the feedback guys,
@frank: Sorry for the website it's actually being built as we speak. I do have a gallery of my work however; it's only view-able by me right now making sure there are no errors before the website goes live. I have not posted any of my work for sale however that is a goal of mine as soon as I feel my work is at that professional level. I agree with the slower shutter speed and stoppage suggestion. This photo was shot right when I received the Mark III so actually I was experimenting and getting use to my camera so I was testing the settings. I have learned with photography that most of the time I shoot photos, it's usually my testing photo's that capture a photo I really like lol. As far as the cropping goes, I agree and disagree at the same time. I feel if I crop the image above the tree I will lose the body of the horse which I think (I may be wrong) gives a real impression of the angle of the shot. I do see looking at this photo when I did edit the photo I do need to take the body and get rid of the halo I now see surrounding the body. Which I now know how to do successfully with my images. So luckily I have the original PSD. file and I will fix that and re-post this with that fixed and get rid of some of the noise. Love the feedback guys, thank you so much.
-Douglas Robinson III
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