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New Forest Pony at dusk.

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Posted by Justin on February 18, 2007 at 5:09 PM
New Forest Pony at dusk.
Canon 5D, Canon 100-400mm L I.S. @ 235mm, 1/200 sec @ f5.6, Av mode,
-1/3 exp. compensation. Raw, iso 200.
Gitzo 1548/B1

Full frame,levels,+8 hue/saturation,same file converted twice for sky and land then blended.


Hi,

Not posted for ages,had to think for a minute how to save a file for the web :rolleyes:

Took this one a week or so ago whilst out in the New Forsest :smile: .
I quite liked the colour and patterns of the clouds and the bit of backlighting on the pony.


All comments always welcome and appreciated.
Posted by Rene de Heer on February 18, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Justin, this is truly a very nice image.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Sean Bolton on February 18, 2007 at 5:26 PM
Hi Justin

Hey congratulations and welcome to the 5D club :wavey:

Very nice image, it has a lovely feel to it, the backlight/rim light on the pony works very well.

A nicer sky would enhance it but you can only photograph what is there. Rather than do a double RAW conversion I sometimes will shoot an additional exposure deliberately for the sky so I can blend the two together at Photoshop time. Improves the image quality rather than 'push processing' your RAW file. Also a bit easier than using a graduated filter on a 100-400.

Overall, a very good image. :toast:

cheers

Sean
Posted by Justin on February 18, 2007 at 5:31 PM
Rather than do a double RAW conversion I sometimes will shoot at additional exposure deliberately for the sky so I can blend the two together at Photoshop time. Improves the image quality rather than 'push processing' your RAW file.


Thanks Sean,I must admit I usually do the same 99% of the time,not sure why I didn't on this occasion,I think it was because there wasn't a massive contrast range so knew,or rather hoped,one image would suffice,was also in a mad rush before the sun completely disappeared and the backlighting vanished.

Loving the 5D,what a fine camera it is :cool: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Rob Ashton on February 18, 2007 at 5:40 PM
Verey nice Justin. Good to see you've moved on up to the 5D too.

Rob :toast:
Posted by PhilH on February 19, 2007 at 3:54 AM
Love it..... a pleasure to view... and of one of your favourite subjects.

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on February 19, 2007 at 5:22 AM
Hi Justin

Beautiful - love everything about it. Perfect composition and the rim lighting on the pony helps it stand out in the frame. Also think the subtle colours in the sky are spot on!

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on February 19, 2007 at 5:39 AM
Hello Justin
What a stunner that must be in a frame as a big print. I love it!
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on February 19, 2007 at 8:08 AM
Hello Justin

Beautiful shot I wish it was mine.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Danny
Posted by Richard Tynan on February 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM
A very nice habitat image.

I like the subtle colour in the sky and the sense of openness of the landscape.

:toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on February 19, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Hi Justin,

A corker!! Love the comp, rim lighting and also the mood you've captured. Excellent and as already said, would make a great print. :toast:

Graeme
Posted by Tom_W on February 21, 2007 at 3:35 AM
Nice image and good technique. I take it that the exposure latitude in the original was quite tight without a lot of clipping?

Posted by Justin on February 21, 2007 at 10:39 AM
Thanks Tom.

A single image was able to record a fairly even range of tones across the whole scene without any clipping.

Find enclosed the raw file histogram from Breezebrowser.