It was an accident. I actually didn't intend to shoot for this challenge as I was having a hard time coming up with an idea that I liked.
In the meantime, I was out showing a couple of friends some basics about photography at a local plantation. This was one of two shots trying to demonstrate the effects of zoom and aperture on DOF. When we were doing the review, I saw the potential and did a quick edit on it:
Crop (a lot!)
Curves Adjustment Layer.
Virtual Photographer Ambiance Filter on a copy layer 40% opacity.
Flatten
Smart Sharpen
Resize
SFW.
For the first time in a while, I'm entering a shot with no idea how it will do. I love it, so the rest is up to y'all. :)
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Nice shot. The processing fits the image nicely, IMO. Very dreamy. It perhaps could make for a little stronger composition if the horse wasn't so close to center, but this isn't bad. Nice job.
Great pastoral image. I love the soft dreamy look to the shot. The colors are nicely saturated without going overboard. A little bright across the horse's back but I don't think it takes away in this case. Normally I don't care for anything but simple borders but this one works well with the image.
Very effective use of dreamy soft focus here, I'm not a fan of borders and perhaps would have liked the horse a little less centered in the frame, but overall very nice, an 8 from me
Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a cowboy here. I see a fairy princess in a flowing silk gown, holding out a sugar cube, and the horse lifts it's head and there's a silver horn on it. :) But the sentiment is good, and you've achieved your effect well. Beautifully dreamy.
This is a lovely photo and very well processed for that "glowing" look to it. The photo by itself, with just a horse, is a little thin on the "Cowboy" theme, although the title makes it fit quite well. I really like the way you've done a desat on the outer edge of the border area.
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