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pgriz

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Saw these running in a field, and they seemed so... free-spirited and seemed to run for the sheer pleasure of it. I stopped my car and watched them for a while, happy to put aside my hurry and need to be somewhere. This shot was panned (as it was quite overcast), so not much is sharp, but that's OK, I think. What do you see when you look at this image?

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I think it is framed nicely, ROT, and lots of space to the right to show direction of movement. I do think its a bit oversaturated. I think there is too much movement with the horse running at 1/60th to at that distance to pan. You could have shot faster with less DOF and done a better job I think. Even though its not perfect, I still find something interesting though, almost watercolor-ish.
 
I dont like the windsucking collar clearly on the front horse - Takes it away from the "running free" title i think suppose there isnt much you could do about that, and the timing is out on both for a trot..
 
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Thank you for looking and the critique.

@ Ryan: I think you’re right on the over-saturation, although the image on TPF seems more saturated than it does on my monitor (off my HD). Going to have to play with that to see where this is happening. As for the panning and the movement, I got locked into the idea that I was going to pan the shots and didn’t explore other ways of capturing the image. Yours is a useful reminder to think of other shooting options besides the one I fixed on.

@ Eventer: you know, I didn’t even see the collar on the front horse until you pointed it out. I guess this was a case of seeing what I wanted to see, rather than what is actually there. The title I gave the shot was inspired more by their behavior and exuberance, but that’s hard to see in a still photo. Obviously, I did not completely capture that feeling and convey it to you. Well, more practice needed. Not exactly sure what you mean by the last part of your reply: “the timing is out on both for a trot”.
 

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