I lay on my back in a pile of who knows what to get this photo - I'll just pretend it was dead leaves :-) These are small draft horses used at Middleton Plantation near Charleston. Very friendly - hard to get them to stay still enough for a decent exposure, especially since it was overcast with deep shadows. Set to open shade setting to warm and bring out rich browns in their coats.
Opened in raw, pushed exposure by 1.5 stops, upped saturation. Opened in PS, curves, increased selective color channel (red) by about 10%, increased overall saturation by about 10%.
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Very effective use of pov, and I like how you framed it, choosing to put both horses in the composition. The background horse sort of acts as a dynamic frame of reference for the foreground one. If you had gone with just presenting us with those horsey legs, it likely would have been a less interesting comp. The more I look at this the more I am impressed with your choice in framing the scene.
Tee hee! This is ADORABLE!!! I love the expression on the one's face. He is so smiling at you! Prob'ly amused that you find his friend's butt so photogenic :)
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