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My friend petting a horse at a little "farm zoo" thing at a park.
I really probably should have submitted this other shot, since landscape shots seem to do so well in the free-study... but I love this image so much! :)
*Post challenge*
Okay, okay, so maybe I should have gotten a picture without the arm. :) Thanks for all the comments. And... I have never seen a score drop so fast! I started out at a glorious 6.7, and ended at a pitiful 5.9. What happened?! :)
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The arm is necessary - without it, that look that the horse is giving would be curious but meaningless in the end. With it, there's the connection, the caress mentioned in your title. The processing here is lovely - warm and soft, connecting the "connection" so to speak in gentle light. Excellent work.
It was the arm that caught my attention...such a small element but packs such emotion into this image...with out this "distraction" this image would not be the same, there would be no "connection"...so well done.
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