This picture was taken with the female subject looking in the eye of her beloved horse, Shadow. The horse was looking down at an angle, and the girl moved right in to kiss the horse, as I took the shot seconds before. I love this picture. You can really get a sense of feeling when you look at it.
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This is an interesting image. You're certainly right in saying that it captures the feeling between the girl and her horse. In that respect it has a lot of charm and it engages the viewer's emotions. That to me is a sign of a good and lasting portrait ... giving the viewer a glimpse of the inner nature and feelings of the subject (in this case, both subjects). So, a charming photograph of a worthy subject. The difficulty, in my view, is in the processing. It has a too-yellow cast and the blown highlights in the girl's face have diminished what would otherwise have been a lovely portrait. I appreciate that these processing choices were forced upon you by the High Contrast theme. If you'd processed it a little more sympathetically, you would have had a zillion "Where's the contrast?" comments. I'd like to see the same image processed again, this time with a wider tonal range, and retaining the natural colours. Stick a reprocessed version of it in your portfolio - the portrait has too much potential to overlook.
Cheers,
Paul Martin
My first thought was there is not much contrast, but then I thought maybe you meant size instead of color. I just don't like the lighting on the girl's face.
I really like the composition here. The model's expression is jsut right and the eye contact between them makes the shot. Her highlights are a bot blown, but it goes with the mood of the shot, although any more would have been overkill. Well done!
I am not that crazy with the sepia tone. A little to much yellow for my liking. Lighting is a little too harsh on the gal's face. I really like the emotion shown in this photo, though and how the gal is looking into the horse's eye.
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