Wish it wasn't fuzzy horse season. I've been searching for this angle and expression on a horse for many years.
Nik pro contrast, tonal enhancements, bw conversion, soft focus with diffusion. Burn the background some, though the bw conversion did most of that.
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thanks for the super comments, and I'm very pleased by posthumous totally getting what excited me about the shot.
Nobility ehhh, more like wild abandon, or frolicking. I did a little cowboy work on the side while living in Idaho, and have seen that look before, and I see wild oats. LOL
this is simply gorgeous, exactly on the edge between pure abstract beauty and surreal bizarreness. The textures are great, as is the lighting. The solid pile of shapes reminds me of art class, when we tried to concentrate on the shapes that compose a form, and making them solid. Quite stunning.