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A Run For The Roses

3 Feb 2010 posted by L Skylar Brown
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This is from my hanging around the stables and horses, getting ready for the Trail rides and Rodeo here in Houston. This is one of my sister's horses. The Title is from the great Dan Fogleberg's song. This is digital from scratch, using ref photo by Daniel Shalloe.

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dmaidman wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 7:09 AM

Your choice of going to full-brightness lights on the horse only makes this really striking. I like the definition in the horse's surface as well.

patrickart wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 7:10 AM

very nice work

Gene Cevasco wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 8:31 AM

Outstanding  ..  Light effect and color are excellent.

DeborahJane2 wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 8:52 AM

Beautiful! I love the expression on his face. He looks like he just came back from a hard ride and is still all fired up! The lighting is perfect and I like the muted, uncluttered backround. 

L Skylar Brown wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 9:34 AM

DM - Thanks - That look was partly experimental, but I think it works. I wanted all the color and def to be centered on the "Portrait"

L Skylar Brown wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 9:36 AM

Patrick, Gene - Thanks so much for the comments.

Gene-  This is fairly hard to pull off - where do you stop full color, and shift to stylized. The bkg. is for atmosphere and setting, so I wanted to minimize it.

L Skylar Brown wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 9:37 AM

Deborah - You caught it! The horse was being led back after a hard run. So glad you like it.

Sarah A Boardman wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 6:10 PM

Wow, you are full of surprises!  This is so full of emotion. I love the way the head is focused and vivid. It is a "moment in time" and so fleeting. I love this.

L Skylar Brown wrote
on 4 Feb 2010 6:31 PM

Sarah - Thank you so much. As you probably read, it's rodeo time, and everybody is gearing up for it. This is just as you see it - a moment in time - I tried to soft focus and reduce all elements other than the "Portrait" part. I haven't done a bkg like this in a long time - it worked as I hoped..

Philip2 wrote
on 8 Feb 2010 10:47 PM

Very striking horse portrait !...wonderful lighting and color.

L Skylar Brown wrote
on 9 Feb 2010 3:16 PM

Philip - Thanks so much for commenting!

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