picture taken in the pasture behind our house just before sunset, i set the exposure with the sky, to get the pretty sky colors, then brought the camera to the horse and used the flash to light him up. cropped, resized, added boarder, sharpened, cloned out some trees and rotated a bit, and cloned a few flies off the horses nose. warmed up the color temp a bit, brightened the horses face and enhanced the colors a bit.
Statistics
Place: 29 out of 64 Avg (all users): 5.7945 Avg (commenters): 5.7500 Avg (participants): 5.3143 Avg (non-participants): 5.9459 Views since voting: 1426 Views during voting: 348 Votes: 146 Comments: 7 Favorites: 0
Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus):
you got this at a good time of day for the back lighting and you did a nice job with the fill flash; wonderful composition; I think the boarder is very well done
Challenge:
you got it
Artistic/Emotion:
I'm not sure, but I think it would take a horse person to really connect with this photo. Or maybe just a horse lover. (I myself am a former horser person and still a horse lover)
Summary:
I love the pov on this picture but it maybe where some of your lower votes came from. It could be a not so flattering angle to some folks. I also see that folks commented on the noisy sky. Yeah, that could be an overall problem, but I really don't see the sky as I'm looking at the horse. The best suggestion I have would be a little added light towards the forhead and ears.
the graduated border is distracting, it would look better without it. also his eyes are too dark. you could use a higher power for flash and stand further away with your lens more extended towards telephoto.
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