shadow-highlight. calculations to black and white. cloned out some specks in the dark area and burned her face a little bit. resize and usm. No crop.
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I'm very happy with the reactions. I'm very happy with the photo. I saw a cow and a bull as we were driving past them and skewsme stopped the car so I could take some pictures of them. I saw this photograph taking shape before I ever looked through the viewfinder. I was snapping away and then she fit her nose into that little notch. I couldn't believe it. Rarely do I see the finished photograph before I take the picture, but this was one such case.
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Snugged. All the boxing in reverberates creating quite an energy, partially alleviated by the textures. And there is a cow who knows more than we think. Your notes speak well of how real things happen.
Big Don! I thought I commented on this one. As you probably know, I'm a sucker for high contrast B&W. This is one of those images that's hard to stop looking at.
Such a startling sight, snugged in alongside all this savage geometry. There even appears (as your title suggests) to be a cutout for the nose. Many will be sentimental about this, but the animal is in quite good condition; just cold. It's a good and unusual photograph.
For some reason this almost hurts my heart. The poor thing looks old and tired. As a photograph, this rocks. Horizontals, verticals, spaces, not, and the foreground of snow leading up to it all.
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