A sweet kiss

JimMcClain · Feb 21, 2015

Horse and rider at the end of an equine class. D810, Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD at 200mm, f/3.5, 1/1600s, ISO 400 (I really gotta start looking at all the data in the viewfinder - coulda shot at ISO 100).

C&C is welcome.

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Designer · Feb 21, 2015

Good capture of the moment. Nice rim lighting. Background is distracting, so I wonder how much more blur you might have gotten. Frame is good on three sides, but too tight at the bottom, crowding their feet.

StuPho · Feb 21, 2015

excellent !

Braineack · Feb 21, 2015

Designer said:
Good capture of the moment. Nice rim lighting. Background is distracting, so I wonder how much more blur you might have gotten. Frame is good on three sides, but too tight at the bottom, crowding their feet.

I think it's due to the increased clarity. This is a sometime a bokeh killer.

yellow ant · Feb 21, 2015

I like the busy background as it is sort of colour co-ordinated with the girls clothing

Rick58 · Feb 21, 2015

I don't mind the tight bottom crop. There's nothing else down there I need to see. In fact, I might even tighten up the other 3 sides just a tad.
I like the out of focus background, but still in focus enough to set the scene.
Lighting is very nice.
Nice job

JimMcClain · Feb 21, 2015

Thanks for the nice comments, all.

Designer said:
Background is distracting, so I wonder how much more blur you might have gotten.

...at f/2.8? Me too. I should have been paying closer attention to the viewfinder info. It would have shown me I could reduce the ISO and open up the aperture and still hand-hold the shot.

Frame is good on three sides, but too tight at the bottom, crowding their feet.

I wish I had seen the kiss coming, I would have gotten a better composition. The preceding 2 shots had much better cropping potential, but there were always distracting backgrounds (other riders) and no kissing, so I was just lowering this heavy camera when I glimpsed the cupping of her hands and pursed lips. I no sooner got the viewfinder back to my eye and fired 2 more shots when it was all over. I didn't even know if I got the kiss until hours later and sifting through nearly 800 images (well, 500 or so up to that point). What a joyful moment that was for me.

So yeah, I agree about the cropping. I was able to crop out top and sides for better composition, but there was absolutely no room at the bottom. Bummer.

Jim

paigew · Feb 21, 2015

Saw this on FB and I love it so much! The light is amazing and the moment priceless.

sleist · Feb 21, 2015

An excellent capture of a wonderful moment. Congrats!

As for the processing, I think this has a bit too much saturation and there is a definite red shift that needs to be corrected in my opinion.
Desaturation and color correction helps this shot considerably, as does mono conversion.
Subjective opinion. YMMV.

A great shot regardless.

annamaria · Feb 24, 2015

I like it the way it is. Sweet capture

gsgary · Feb 25, 2015

Colours don't look right lots of magenta

Nettles · Feb 25, 2015

Yuk! But a very good shot.

Among my first impressions I was thinking the colour is a bit off somewhere. On a tablet just now so hard to find out. A little bit tight at the bottom, though that could be fixed in software. Caught the moment really well. She would love it I'm sure.

mmaria · Feb 25, 2015

sleist said:
An excellent capture of a wonderful moment. Congrats!

As for the processing, I think this has a bit too much saturation and there is a definite red shift that needs to be corrected in my opinion.
Desaturation and color correction helps this shot considerably, as does mono conversion.
Subjective opinion. YMMV.

A great shot regardless.