BigAl Loc: Lincs UK

I'm entering this shot in a Shire horse photo competition. Your thoughts would be welcome.

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rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.

The double download is breathtaking in its detail Alan! I am always on board with your compositions and this one is prefect. If the judges don't choose this leggy youngster they need to find another line of work. Good luck my friend!

RJWagons Loc: Lake Ridge Virginia

Masterful.

SeamusMac Loc: Walla Walla, WA

That is a great photograph. The composition is perfect. Good luck! (however, I don't think you'll need it)

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Yes - a great picture. I would be tempted to try darkening a little.

aschweik Loc: NE Ohio

Download is spectacular! I thought of darkening slightly also, but the more I look at it, I like it the way it is. This is a winner!

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Absolutely wonderful image - looks amazing in double download!

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

I absolutely love the picture! Composition is great! Besides, I'm a sucker for colts anytime.
Before sending in this photo for competition though, enlarge and have a good look at the cattle.
See the blue lines? (Not 100% certain, but I think it's called chromatic aberration).
See if you can somehow get rid of them.
Esther

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

Good looking colt.
If it was mine I'd consider cropping a bit more and bringing the color out just a tad to get more attention to the colt..

R.G. Loc: Scotland

The subdued colouring and the semi high key look are an interesting choice and effective. I'm left wondering if the old portrait trick of making the eyes and the area round the eyes more vivid would work. I think it could work despite the pastel look of the rest of the shot.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

It definitely stands out from the herd!

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Great shot, good luck in the competition..

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Hello, BigAl,

The colt is beautifully imaged, but I think the landscape...stretched out ... composition would be improved and the perspective significantly emphasized by moving the colt closer to the cattle in the BG.

Only one image per thread is permitted in this Section, so, if you like, I could send you an example of what I suggest by PM. Let me know if you would like to see it.
Holding off on posting it here unless permission is granted.
Dave

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Really nice shot. Add an eye highlight maybe? Good luck, it should be a winner.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

mi

I agree that on close inspection there is slight blue chromatic aberration not only on the cattle, but also on the colt’s rump. This is NOT perceptible at normal viewing distance (NVD) and should be ignored.
It is of significance only to those whose NVD is determined by the length of their noses.

Nothing wrong with pixel peeping during post processing, but when the fault has been rendered imperceptible at NVD, to all intents and purposes (with full meaning of that oft-misused phrase) they no longer exist.

Any show judge who has to inspect closer than NVD to find a fault in an image has no business being a judge.

I am reminded of having slipped into a group of art students being given a tour of Andrew Wyeth’s paintings in the Whitney in ‘66 or ‘67. The “prof” leading the tour was, by speech, obviously from Brooklyn, but he affected a phony French accent. He got up close to a portrait of the artist’s wife, whipped out a 6” hand lens, inspected the shadow regions, turned to the group, and pompously pronounced “Zees eel Sloppy brushwork”. With that he dismissed any further discussion on one of the truly great tempera portraits of our time and moved the group on to the next painting.

“Pixel peeping” didn’t really start with the digital age!

Dave