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Animal communicator
Animal communicator
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Challenge: Your Occupation III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: somewhere near my place
Date: Aug 10, 2008
Aperture: f9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2008

 Thanks Dom for taking the picture! The horse is her lovely new Tennessee Walking Horse, previously named Merlin, now named after General Robert E. Lee's famous grey, Traveller.

I've already done Horse Trainer, so didn't want to self-plagiarize too much. I was thinking of calling this 'horse whisperer' but I'm not fond of that term.

So I settled for 'animal communicator', because I do communicate with animals just through such simple stuff as handling and training them.

pp: RAW conversion, crop, curves, brightness/contrast, saturation, crop again, clone out gate, warming filter, resize, usm, smart sharpen, save for web

POST CHALLENGE: Lol at what people think I was saying...I believe I was telling him to turn my way so his muzzle would hide my boob :-) What a good boy!

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Votes: 183
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 04/24/2009 02:27:57 AM
Another interesting title from you! Man, we have alot in common I think, since my parents call me the dog whisperer! I love Horses second to wolves or dogs and this is just cooool !
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Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/18/2008 09:29:14 PM
beautiful horse
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/18/2008 04:44:51 PM
I very much like this! You really do seem to have a way with the horse - it is quite intent on listening to whatever you're telling it. Probably "no carrots for you if you don't pose!" or something to that effect.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 08/17/2008 10:54:53 PM
Wondering what you are telling this horse. Smile for the camera?
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 08/15/2008 08:25:27 PM
a cool job - horses are wonderful and this one is sure a beauty
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 08/13/2008 09:39:47 PM
Beautiful horse!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/13/2008 04:55:42 PM
And the horse really seems to be listening..nice work..
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Pentax K-5
Pentax SMC DA 55-300mm F4.5-5.8ED
08/13/2008 03:15:04 PM
My weakness, horses... wonderful shot, color and detail... 10
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 08/13/2008 02:25:22 PM
should have called it "horse whisperer" JK I like this interpretation if you are a horse trainer. Could have been a bit sharper IMHO.
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 08/13/2008 09:48:38 AM
Awesome job!!
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
 08/13/2008 06:59:13 AM
The sky is burned. the colours are a bit dull. A bigger close up might have helped. (and no watch)
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 08/12/2008 10:50:22 PM
You get paid for this, cool!
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Canon EOS-20D
 08/12/2008 09:47:25 AM
nice 7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 08/12/2008 12:42:53 AM
This could use a bit more contrast, otherwise nicely done.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 08/11/2008 04:48:01 PM
oh, just say it. You're a horse whisperer!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/11/2008 11:26:02 AM
seems washed out, either adjust curves or be sure you are uploading in sRGB
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 08/11/2008 11:06:55 AM
Bumping from 9 to 10, I just love it. Great looking horse by the way!
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 08/11/2008 07:49:25 AM
AWW what a beautiful animal. Nice shot!! This might be good in black and white with some contrast adjustments too. :~)
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/11/2008 02:23:23 AM
PERFECT....... 7
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