"...Dig through your archives and show us the best photo you've ever taken with a digital camera. ..." - impossible task, but this is certainly one of my favorite captures of a moment in time
to those who could only see a horse's ass - y'all need help
and what purple fringing!?? - it is forkeh.. (unless I'm missing something)
any way - thanks for the comments and votes.. a crazy Challenge that I wish I had had more time to vote and comment on
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This has some nice textures and indeed a dreamy quality to the background. I question the tail-in-the-face, it often seems more impressive when the animal is facing the camera instead of moving away.
I'm not a horse guy, even though I was raised in Montana. But this is terrific. The unusual point of view is terrific. Your mastery of composition, focus, DOF, color and contrast are virtually perfect. Among best in class!
Highlights are a blown but it works with the image title. The noise is distracting and I wish the focus was a bit softer to give a more ephemeral feel.
I actually like the shot a lot. However, I think the bright green swoopy plant on the right is distracting--I'd burn it a little, or take the saturation down or something. the light color of the horse is so soft, it makes the green glow. (which actually works for the shorter grasses/plants)
I wonder how this would look if you cropped up to be square or even 4:3, so as to exclude enough of the horse's rump that it was not immediately recognizable/prominent.
I'm ignoring the graininess and purple fringing although I must say that a layer of gaussian blur would have done wonders for this pic, especially with the really strong highlights.
Love the pov. Great eye. Incredible detail with the eye and eyelashes (who knew?!). Just to nit, the horizontal green leaf looks like it's poking his eye. Might have cloned that out :-)
The background is a little distracting because of the leaves. Maybe a better bokeh would be great! I really like the light and the choice for this beatiful horse, but i would like to see it from another perspective.
different perspective but I like it, it works, the color of the horse works well against the blurred background, really cool how you caught those eyelashes
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