I wanted to submit a close up of the horse but I think this will do better. I don't know- I'm so confused. I like it and I bet many will say it is about the road. oh well, I still like it alot. And I had so much fun doing it. The farmers thought I was really strange- laying on the ground in the rain with a 2 year old- that wanted the old horse- anyway it was fun.The close up would probably do better but I've submitted it and unsubmitted 3 times now and now I'm done with the toy thingy.
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I'm very happy to place in the top 20. Thank you for your votes and comments.
Wish it stayed at 6.0- oh well. Big Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think the exposure is perfect - the high contrast of the background helps to blow away the details of the roadside and the sky which would otherwise compete with the horse. This is a great example of creatively breaking rules to your advantage. Your effective use of DOF also helps complete this effect. Very surreal. Great job.
A wholly wonderful strangeness to this picture. (I've spent hours lying in my neighbor's driveway next to passing traffic but haven't got anything as good as this).
" I've submitted it and unsubmitted 3 times now " been there before : )
I have long since given up how voting works here, but I'm glad you made the top 20 and got the picture in your top line. This really stood out as being different - Well done.
You really did get several things right in this shot, but a couple of things stand out. It seems like the horse is out of focus - I say seems because almost everything seems out of focus in the composition. The other is the blown sky, but that's a minor quibble as it could have worked just fine if you had the focus right. You could have set a smaller aperture (f/16 or so) in order to get deeper depth of field, extending your focus to the background. This would have saved your sky & made the tree silhouette more pleasing. You would have needed a longer exposure, but that would have made drips on the water disappear & provided a smooth, dreamy surface surrounding the horse.
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