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Mongolian Wild Horse
Mongolian Wild Horse
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Challenge: Fauna II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
Location: Front Royal, VA
Date: Oct 7, 2007
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2007

 Not the most attractive range of colors, and I wish the weed wasn't in front of his face, but he was a pretty horse and I liked the free-roaming spirit of this shot for the challenge.

Statistics
Place: 157 out of 230
Avg (all users): 5.3065
Avg (commenters): 0.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0317
Avg (non-participants): 5.4338
Views since voting: 922
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 199
Comments: 3
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/17/2007 10:39:30 AM
Thanks for the comments ... all 2 of them!

It is not a Prezwalski's, but is in fact a Mongolian or Asian Wild Horse. I didn't have a good angle on him at first, but then moved to this spot where the composition and so forth looked better. This was the first and only shot I got off in that spot before my battery died and he moved away before I could get it changed out, so this is the shot I had to work with.

I tried to fix the color balance, green saturation, and levels to separate him more from the background as was pointed out, but it caused the photo to get too yellow and then the horse took on an unnatural tone, so I felt that this was the best I could muster from this particular image with the Basic Editing limitations. It scored about what I figured it would, but landed in a much lower position overall than I thought it would. Oh well.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/15/2007 12:45:21 PM
Your subject blends into the background. Very natural. I'd like a shallower DOF (but nobody but me likes shallow DOF).

Still, nice shot. I'm giving you an average score.

Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot A530
 10/15/2007 10:54:42 AM
Very cool shot! Is that a Prezwalski's Wild Horse? The colors seem slightly muted on my monitor, particularily the "greens". I suggest boosting the Saturation, or simply adjusting the Color Balance next time :).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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