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Portrait of Bill
Portrait of Bill
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Challenge: Horse(s) (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Aug 20, 2008
Aperture: f/ 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/25 sec.
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2008

 So, last Monday on our way to Longwood Gardens, I told Bev that this week's member challenge was horses. She was thrilled. It would mean she would get to see some old friend's of hers from when she worked for the Philadelphia Trolley Works (PTW).

See PTW runs the Big Bus, PTW tour buses, and carriage tours. Bill is one of the carriage horses and also is one of the horses used when the PTW carriage hearse is used in a funeral. He is a big horse, probably a quarter horse. I took several shots of Bill and his stable mate, Teddy (sorry that's their names, I swear) both separately and together. It was rather low light and I was using ISO-400 but should have gone to 800. I just hate high ISO for some reason. This was the clearsest shot I got with the most detail.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Adjust sharpness (first time I used this and I think I'll use it some more....not sure if it is legal for basic....have to find out....works similar to USM but I think it works better). New layer of levels. Gradient map layer converting to Black and White (I would have preferred color but I could not get rid of a yellow color cast). Back to the layer adjustment level and made adjustments in each of the red, green and blue channels. Flatten image. Cloned out some small distractions beneath Bill's neck and by his nose. Crop. Resize. Adjust sharpness.

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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/01/2008 12:42:39 PM
Just a guess I'd say Bill is a Belgian and not a QH, but not important, still a great shot.
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 09/01/2008 01:34:47 AM
Very fine black and white. Works well with the background and with a horse named Bill.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 08/31/2008 04:34:10 PM
Nice portrait of Bill .. He's a big strong horse and image portrays it..
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Nikon D3
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 08/27/2008 12:05:02 PM
nice light btu could use more contrast
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Pentax K-5
Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited AF
 08/26/2008 12:10:43 AM
There's something in this that looks like noise to me. Maybe not, but his right ear either twitched very quickly or a noise reduction pass blurred/softened it out.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 08/25/2008 07:39:59 PM
Beautiful light.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/25/2008 12:04:23 PM
good choice of black and white. nice texture and contrast-7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/25/2008 12:01:50 PM
very successful conversion. good details and DOF
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/25/2008 11:40:42 AM
lovely horse, the roached mane helps set him off nicely, 7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/25/2008 03:33:58 AM
Nice conversion! Lovely shot.
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
08/25/2008 01:25:00 AM
Always nicer to shoot them without the halter on, but I recognize that you may not have had that choice!
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