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Ground tied
Ground tied
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Never Seen on DPC II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Heckston, ON
Date: May 31, 2011
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 320
Shutter: 200?
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2011

 Willie again, this time after just having had her feet trimmed. I suppose I could have gone hawg wild and done all kinds of weird-ass PS tricks to her, but I know only a couple and can't do them very well. There are enough PS wizards on this site. That's their job!

Shot inside my friend Lisa's barn from atop a 6 ft ladder with the wide angle lens. Willie is standing ground tied, meaning that with the lead rope simply dropped to the ground, she literally thinks she IS tied...even though she is tied to nothing.

pp: RAW-TIFF conversion, crop, shadows/highlights, brightness/contrast, clone out another horse's head, use Topaz Tilt/Shift lens effect (thanks Bear!), resize, sharpen, save for web

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Place: 44 out of 80
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Views during voting: 386
Votes: 146
Comments: 7
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10
 06/11/2011 11:19:23 PM
Lol I tried to teach my horse to ground tie. I won't tell you how that went. Love this image. :)
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 06/11/2011 02:27:05 AM
awesommeee shot! love it! different! u go girl! (:
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 06/10/2011 12:30:32 AM
I so love this. Ground tired. That's me most of the time.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 06/05/2011 05:17:59 PM
Great POV.
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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 06/04/2011 01:52:41 PM
This is the first image to pop when I start looking at the challenge and absorbed me completely. It set the tone. So little fuss, just some blur and curves and we get to weave an entire story. First page stuff.
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 06/03/2011 03:07:43 PM
I am a horse of course. Shall I run? Shall I stay? Maybe just a day in the hay.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 06/03/2011 11:51:18 AM
Now THAT is an interesting pov. And yes, it DOES make your butt look fat. Love the lensbaby.
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