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young quantock pony

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Posted by jeff acreman on March 16, 2010 at 3:16 PM
young quantock pony
taken the other day from wind sweept quantock hills, somerset.
canon 1d3
focal length 99mm
1/250, f9.0, iso 250

jeff acreman
Posted by Paul Rosser on March 16, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Good Stuff!
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 16, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Hi Jeff,

lovely portrait :toast:

Might have been improved by shooting at f5.6 to blur the background a bit more and make the subject stand out a bit better :wink:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 17, 2010 at 4:33 AM
I'm sorry Jeff but this shot does nothing at all for me. The background is too fussy and distracting, there is little to no eye contact. Compositionally I would crop some of the ponies back, say up to the shoulder line, more space below the nose and a little bit off the right.
Posted by Cliff Young on March 17, 2010 at 4:46 AM
Jeff, have you tried a portrait crop to make the subject stand out more? :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 17, 2010 at 6:02 AM

It's a very nice portrait Jeff, slight nits covered. Keep em coming :smile:

Andy...
Posted by Graham Goddard on March 17, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Re the comp comments, as I'm guessing these are not particulary flighty subjects, so rather than fiddle with crops etc., I'd try moving around the subject yourself to try to achieve more pleasing BG's if you can, and light permitting ? I took some images of the Exmoor Ponies last year - hardy fellows aren't they ! :wavey: