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Challenge: Image Grain III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Barr Arena, Kemptville
Date: Jun 28, 2009
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Vintage, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2009

 Shot at the Tulip Arabian Horse Show in a costume class. Arabians are considered 'hot' horses anyway, and you can be sure just a little grain goes a long way to powering their engines.

pp: RAW to TIFF, rotate slightly, crop, curves, exposure, contrast, resize, unsharp mask, sharpen edges, save for web

Post-challenge comment: this was an amazingly hard shot to get. I was at the other end of a very large indoor sand ring, shooting towards just one very small area where the riders would be heading into the natural light before turning down and towards me. The rest of the lighting inside was halogen lights, made things very tough. So I had to shoot at a high ISO anyway to catch the motion and detail, and try to get grain naturally, and had to try and get them in that split second of suspension.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/09/2009 06:28:54 AM
Beautiful shot! Not sure this needs the grain - I'm betting it looks just fine without it, actually. You even got the horse smiling, and the costumes are lovely!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D3100
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 07/05/2009 06:29:13 PM
Nice pic, but where's the grain? It seems to be evident only in the hooves of the horse and that could be explained by the motion. Fairly dynamic as is, but the composition could improve by off centering the girl a bit more.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/05/2009 02:45:56 PM
Challenge Relevance:5 Impact/Emotion/Mood:5.5 Technicals:7 Processing:5.5 Creativity:5
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Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 07/03/2009 11:59:40 PM
Beautiful Horse
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 07/03/2009 07:13:36 PM
good panning, but i wish the grain were more predominant in the image.
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Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 07/02/2009 12:38:07 PM
Nice shot. Grain treatment seemed a little too light, though. I see it in the background, but perhaps a bit of shadowing around the figure would have made the image standout more.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 07/01/2009 02:11:50 PM
Excellent capture.....great lighting....love the cheeky title....7
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