Burro
Mar 19, 2019 08:54:42 #
Mar 19, 2019 09:11:46 #
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Mar 19, 2019 09:21:22 #
Definitely has his winter coat on.
I stopped to pet the burro and take his foto.
Burros are the sweetest most pleasant animal there is.
I stopped to pet the burro and take his foto.
Burros are the sweetest most pleasant animal there is.
Mar 19, 2019 09:30:11 #
Mar 19, 2019 09:51:19 #
Mar 19, 2019 09:56:21 #
A very handsome looking little guy. Thanks for sharing.
Mar 19, 2019 10:22:17 #
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Mar 21, 2019 11:13:57 #
Great shot. It illustrates all the difficulties in taking clinical or advertising photographs of large animals. I have to do this as a veterinary pathologist.
The photograph illustrates the two problems with this type for photography-the background and the type of lighting and whether the latter has rendered any texture in the coat.
It is not unusual in large animal photographs-particularly for advertising that the major effort goes into securing a non-busy background and then the light comes from wherever it will. In this case the light coming from above and to the side has skimmed across the coat and has brought out excellent texture.
Frequently there is no way to control the background and it is not unusual to have the corral fence there.The only hope is that this can be removed in Photoshop. The worst backgrounds are those that have automobiles in them. I was projecting a slide in a lecture of a horse with liver failure leaning against a concrete wall. It was quite a good photograph with a plain concrete wall and floor but unfortunately the photographer had left a hose on the ground which led the eye back behind the horse and there was a 1956 Thunderbird. A voice from the back of the class said "is that a 1956 Thunderbird".
The major concern is the lighting and the animal should be positioned so lighting is the best. If there are deep shadows then fill flash is essential.
Also avoid any handler and preferably a bridle as this leads the eye out of the phonograph.
I went to a lecture once where the speaker illustrated his talk with a horse held by a handler who was a particularly attractive blonde woman and unfortunately she wore an identification label. Let us say that with a chiefly male audience, the horse received little attention.
The photograph illustrates the two problems with this type for photography-the background and the type of lighting and whether the latter has rendered any texture in the coat.
It is not unusual in large animal photographs-particularly for advertising that the major effort goes into securing a non-busy background and then the light comes from wherever it will. In this case the light coming from above and to the side has skimmed across the coat and has brought out excellent texture.
Frequently there is no way to control the background and it is not unusual to have the corral fence there.The only hope is that this can be removed in Photoshop. The worst backgrounds are those that have automobiles in them. I was projecting a slide in a lecture of a horse with liver failure leaning against a concrete wall. It was quite a good photograph with a plain concrete wall and floor but unfortunately the photographer had left a hose on the ground which led the eye back behind the horse and there was a 1956 Thunderbird. A voice from the back of the class said "is that a 1956 Thunderbird".
The major concern is the lighting and the animal should be positioned so lighting is the best. If there are deep shadows then fill flash is essential.
Also avoid any handler and preferably a bridle as this leads the eye out of the phonograph.
I went to a lecture once where the speaker illustrated his talk with a horse held by a handler who was a particularly attractive blonde woman and unfortunately she wore an identification label. Let us say that with a chiefly male audience, the horse received little attention.
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