Ranch in Coryell County, Texas
Jun 4, 2018 03:22:27 #
Recently at the request of a client I took several photos of a ranch in far western Coryell County in Texas, just a little north of the two house-rundown gas station community of Izoro. It's very quiet in that part of the country, with only the sound of the wind blowing at times. It was late afternoon in May, about 6 pm Central Time. The horses that you see in color have a racing thoroughbred history, and were retired to pasture. The brown horse is 17 years old, and the black one is 30 years old. Both horses were gentle and very friendly. The cat...well, he was one big tabby and I thought I pulled a back muscle when I tried to pick him up; obviously he has been catching all the mice and rats out there, so he was well fed. The landscapes I took looked decently originally in color, but I decided to convert them to black and white using Adobe Lightroom Classic CC's new Monochrome RAW outlay as an experiment, and adjusted them accordingly; a lot of people thought they looked great. But I'll ask all of you here at UHH...your thoughts? Constructive criticism is welcome.
Gear and settings: Canon T6i, 18-55 f3.5-5.6 zoom, 55-250mm f4.0-5.6 zoom, perfect for what I was doing. All shot at ISO 100, landscape setting used in camera, shutter speeds and focal lengths vary by photo.
Gear and settings: Canon T6i, 18-55 f3.5-5.6 zoom, 55-250mm f4.0-5.6 zoom, perfect for what I was doing. All shot at ISO 100, landscape setting used in camera, shutter speeds and focal lengths vary by photo.
Jun 4, 2018 06:29:58 #
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Jun 4, 2018 07:40:39 #
A nice series. As a tip--it's best to shoot a horse (or any animal) with their ears pricked up. It makes them appear interested and engaged, rather than withdrawn, sick or exhausted. Compare the look and 'feel' you get with the pair together--ears up--in the second shot with the look and feel of the ears-down individual photos. It can bring animal portraits alive and dress them up.
Jun 5, 2018 13:11:42 #
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Jun 6, 2018 01:49:40 #
Treepusher wrote:
A nice series. As a tip--it's best to shoot a horse (or any animal) with their ears pricked up. It makes them appear interested and engaged, rather than withdrawn, sick or exhausted. Compare the look and 'feel' you get with the pair together--ears up--in the second shot with the look and feel of the ears-down individual photos. It can bring animal portraits alive and dress them up.
That's a great tip.
Jul 13, 2018 02:46:01 #
That is a great tip; I wasn't aware about the ears. I'll remember that in the future.
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