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Horse in Fog

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Posted by Merle Cook on March 17, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Horse in Fog
Friday morning we had quite a bit of fog and as it started to lift, I was able to get a few shots of the neighbor's horses behind our house.

20D, 70-200 @ 200, 160 th , f-18, iso 200
Mild cropping and contrast boost.

As always C&C welcome.


Posted by Tim Buchanan on March 17, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Pretty interesting, Merle. I like how the horse and trees kind of form a diagonal line towards the back of the image. It also has a nice subtle feel to it. The space to the left of the horse doesn't seem to help you tell that story, though.
Posted by Merle Cook on March 17, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Tim, I agree with the crop suggestion. How's this...
Posted by Tim Buchanan on March 17, 2008 at 9:59 PM
That's definitely a lot tighter story!
Posted by Tom Kennon on March 17, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Merle, your cropped shot is much more interesting.
Posted by Gale Rainwater on March 17, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Nice horse shot Merle
Posted by Dale Edsen on March 18, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Nice shot Merle. I like the new crop also. Can not wait to see the grass turn back green though. :razz:
Posted by Merle Cook on March 18, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Thanks all for the comments. Yeah Dale, I to am waiting for the green. With all the rain we've been having it has started to green up over the last coupla days. It will just take 3 weeks to dry out enough to get a mower on it. By then I'll probably need a brush hog to get through it. :smile:
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 18, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Hi Merle, I like the cropped version much better and wonder if adding some further softening with gaussian blur might not make this even better. Nice catch!
Posted by Dominic Rossetti on March 19, 2008 at 7:44 AM
This is a nice shot, and the crop really makes a difference. I just wish we had decided long ago to bury power lines. I fight power lines every time I go to shoot in Northern KY, so they really stand out to me.
Posted by Merle Cook on March 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Dominic, I agree about the burying of power lines. But, what you see in this shot is a barbed wire fence with electric fence wire insulators..No way to take them out of the shot within reason.