Well I really didn't have any good idea for this challenge, and its been crazy weather around here, but I wanted to try it anyway. I love the cowboy ways, and since I live on a farm now, I try and pull it off. This is once again "Dee" my friends beautiful horse. I used to love riding her awhile back, but now she is getting older, so she just gets her picture taken now.
I was really happy that we had a nice day, because its been crazy. 2 feet of snow, ice, and cold. Then it got really sunny. Set the camera up, and had my wife pull the trigger. (Thank you wife)
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Wow, I woke up this morning to see this, what an honor. Some really great shots in this challenge, and I really appreciate all the comments and votes. Thanks so much again.
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Ride em high and ride em low cowboy. Go shoot the stars and ride the clouds. You left a gap in this world, so go fill it up in the next one. See where that ceiling is and never reach it, you have infinity to try. God Speed
Dude! Congrats! I'm almost as happy for you as I am for me ;-) I picked two out of the three ribbon shots (finally). You definitely deserved this, glad to see you on the front page again. BTW - my girlfriend wants you to send the model out to New England.
Good composition, and nice lighting which allows us to see very expressive faces. A very pleasing photo, and is the horse a quarter horse, or a thouroughbred!
What a great image of 'western' USA. Superb portrait and an outstanding black and white conversion. I have no doubt the subject (human not equine) in this shot would absolutely love a copy of this image. Strong conceptually and technically
This is just a good shot. The focus of both the guy and his horse is perfect as is the sharpness. The black and white conversion was definitely the right way to go for this one. I even like the boarder. Well done...6
About one out of every 100 photos I vote on just make me go "excellent!", this one did it. That may not be good news for you as I'm not good at picking out DPC winners, but this is a great shot, spot on with the challenge criteria, and doesn't even require a title. I could've told you "good ol boy" without the subject line. Only suggestion would be to lighten up the shadows a bit, but even that's a minor critique.
Great lighting to capture a glow on his face. My eye goes right to the face. Great expression. Black and white is perfect to bring the eye right to the face. Love it!
Just a Good Ol' Boy
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