Tribute to a Farmer and his horse C&C welcomed

[KimC]

This will be the last one I will post from the "plowing event" from this past weekend. I worked on this image today... and it brought to my mind one of my favorite painters... George Stubbs.

A farmer, with his partner, taking a well deserved rest.

ISO 100; 1/200s; F9; 116mm

[DEAN01]

Very nice,Kim. I have enjoyed the series.

[IzzieK]

I wonder what the colour version looks like, Kim...I am not a B/W expert...yet. One day...I will take it on.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.

[deetheturk]

Lovely capture Kim, looks like you had a great day

[KimC]

Thank you Dean, glad you enjoyed them.

Very nice,Kim. I have enjoyed the series.

[KimC]

Thanks for commenting Izzie. The color version is nice, but IMHO the B&W is special.

I wonder what the colour version looks like, Kim...I am not a B/W expert...yet. One day...I will take it on.

[KimC]

Thank you John.

Nice capture.

[KimC]

Thank you David. It was, I so enjoyed PP this group of images. This weekend we will give it another go -- it's going to be partly cloudy so they say, which will help.

Lovely capture Kim, looks like you had a great day

[marlunn]

Nice Kim, very evocative

[John 2]

That's a lovely study Kim. My only thought is that you might apply a slightly tighter crop and lift the shadows on the horse and his face a little to bring them out of the BG more. I envy you this sort of subject. So interesting.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice image Kim , I agree with John about lifting the shadows

[Geoff F]

Wow. I've never seen a plough like that before. Beats the UK version where farmers had to walk behind the horses, all day long!

[D L]

I like the vintage feel the B&W brings when applied to your subject. Very nice portrait.

[Ndukes]

Excellent, Kim. Love it!

[KimC]

Yes, I agree, that's what I really like about this one. Glad you saw that as well. Thank you for commenting Mark.

Nice Kim, very evocative

[KimC]

Thank you John and Binnur for viewing and commenting. I'm not sure I see a crop here. If I crop from the right, I lose part of the tree which adds to the image (IMHO), if I crop from the top, then the tree becomes "squashed", if I crop from the left, then I am tight with the horses heads, and if I crop from the bottom, it's tight on the base of the tree. What am I not seeing?

As for the shadows, my preference is for how they currently appear - I like the mood it adds to the image. I appreciate you mentioning, as we all see things differently.

That's a lovely study Kim. My only thought is that you might apply a slightly tighter crop and lift the shadows on the horse and his face a little to bring them out of the BG more. I envy you this sort of subject. So interesting.

Very nice image Kim , I agree with John about lifting the shadows

[KimC]

Geoff, they did have the walk behind type; however they were being used to train the small bulls. Thanks for commenting.

Wow. I've never seen a plough like that before. Beats the UK version where farmers had to walk behind the horses, all day long!

[KimC]

Thank you David, I like the vintage feel as well. Thank you for commenting.

I like the vintage feel the B&W brings when applied to your subject. Very nice portrait.

[KimC]

Thank you Neville for viewing and commenting. Appreciate it.

Excellent, Kim. Love it!