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    Firefighter Tyson L. Sparks's Avatar
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    Horse

    I am not sure if I like this one, I thought the comp. was kind of nice. I What do you think?





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    Re: Horse

    nice and clear i personally like to get on an angle so i can see my self in their eyes i like the effect lol but thats just me fooling around lol but i like it the horse has great clarity and colors

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    Re: Horse

    I like the brilliant colors and the sharp focus. You might could have cropped it a little tighter and lost some of the bottom and it still would work. I like it..
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    Re: Horse

    I think you could crop most of the left side and it would be stronger.
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    Re: Horse

    agreed on the tighter crop, I like this composition and the brilliant colors.

    The fence post on the right is a little bit distracting, but the blurriness on it helps. Perhaps if you had the horse forward just a little more to conceal that.
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    Re: Horse

    Actually cropping is not the answer. It would have been much better if you had backed off, got the complete head, and changed the angle slightly to avoid the rest.

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    Re: Horse

    Mark Barrett has a great collection of horse photography: http://www.markjbarrett.com/horses.html

    As far as the pic goes, more of the horses head is definitely better than the crop, would give you a far better effect, although i can see why the tighter crop was suggested.... however, i still think that the crop was suggested because in our mind we can still see the whole horse, which is not the case ( i may be wrong i do not claim telepathic powers )...


    But the colors are real good...

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    Re: Horse

    Yeah. the crop is too tight for my liking. Although we know it is a picture of a horse....the cropping of the ears, nose, and mouth doesn't serve a purpose and hurt the photo as a whole.

    The location is great and I bet the horse is handsome. Do you have more shots to share? Would be nice to see
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    Re: Horse

    I will post a few more, thank you for the feed back.

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