The piggy bank was supposed to be Melissa's idea but she never had time to get it right so she said I could steal the idea. She was going to do just the piggy bank, I decided to add the reason for the piggy bank.
This is Ellie's piggy bank and that is her dream, to own her own horse some day. I did different backdrops, different pictures but this one just gelled as they say.
I used a clip light, regular focus setting, -1.0 lighting. Afterwards, cropped just a tad, sharpened a bit, removed the noise and added a border.
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Technical: Fits the challenge, slightly different take on a very common theme. Exposure composition focus lighting all pretty good, though the reflections on the bank are a bit distracting.
nice exposure on the bank, very little blowout at all. The horse shot and its inclusion in the picture bothers me from a challenge point of view: but I'll take for granted that the shot is yours and, if it is, it is a fine shot as well. Don't know that you needed to necessarily show the dream...the bank it self would have been just fine for me....the BG is superfluous IMHO.
This is a very nice composition for this challenge. You have a goal and a plan all laid out in one image. The plan might not be the best one, but it\'s there and easy to understand. From a technical standpoint, the bank appears to be under exposed. Also I would rather the sharpness be with the bank and the softness be on the image of the 'dream'. Nice shot that with a little more work could be an awesome one!
Kudos,
TC
I like this idea a lot, but i'm not wild about pictures of pictures (ie, the horses). It seems to be using someone elses work when the picture is a major part of the overall image. I'm guessing real horses were not available (hence the title), so I'm not really sure how I would change this. -6-
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