horse face

Big Mike · Feb 1, 2007

Why do I keep expencting to see Sarah Jessica Parker in this thread? :scratch:

inneist · Feb 1, 2007

hahaha, Mike.

newrmdmike · Feb 1, 2007

hahahaaha, and no i didn't intend to add shadows, but after applying a filter it darkened it up, and masking it off didn't look right so i left it.

the change in the second one is an unsharp mask contrast adjustment on that dark part of the face and a curves adjustment

newrmdmike · Feb 1, 2007

heres another edit, i like it in bw too, i'm not really sure what to do with this pic.

inneist · Feb 1, 2007

Can I have your permission to edit your first horse photo under this thread? I note that your photos are generally not OK to be edited.

inneist · Feb 1, 2007

OK, I have tested all these three by now. Surely it's a personal choice, still, I want to show you the version that I would choose without doubt.

Read you later.

newrmdmike · Feb 1, 2007

sure, why not

inneist · Feb 1, 2007

When I opened the thread, the first impression was rather a visualization of this picture in a b/w print. Your frame made a potentially stark contrast come out.

That said, I do think, for the purpose of a nature shot, the color version in #1 serves you right except the mentioned edge problem. You fixed that in #2, but the saturation of the colors there went a tad mad.

Voilà, here's my imperfect take. Good night.

thebeginning · Mar 2, 2007

i'll be honest, i like mike's better...a good bit actually.

lovely shot mike, i've always liked this one!

Riggaberto · Mar 2, 2007

I think the darkness takes away from it a little bit. I think it would be more compelling with a light blurred background, but very well composed this is cool!

I had a similar photo of a cow, unfortunately I was using old fujichrome so it turned out crappy

edit: whoops, exactly like mike did, exactly what I was thinking