Another - best friend and horse - C&C welcomed

[KimC]

So, I took what I learned from those that shared comments on my last image posted and applied it. Improved? It was darker than I would have liked (she was running late). ISO 1600; 85m; F8.0; 1/250 sec

[Mike Buckley]

To help people compare the above image with previous one, see this thread.

Better in the new photo: position of the horse, the rider's skin tones and the reins.

Not as good in the new photo: connection between rider and horse, exposure (about 1/2 stop underexposed), tilted a little to the right.

[Kodiak]

Improved?

Hi Kim,

You're a fast learner I see cause this picture is absolutely superb! Bravo!
The horse is proud and majestic, your friend is elegant and happy, and… and…
NO WAY! You did not… I can't believe this… You have done this purposely or what?

Right, you're just testing me… you little devil! Quickly and discretely, edit your
picture… just a few degrees counter-clock wise and it will be PERFECT!

I do not agree with Mike on the exposition… I think you got that right too!

[NorthernFocus]

Hi, Kim. Nicely done this go around. My comments are mostly in line with Mike. A little more PP to brighten the primary subjects a bit. Overall positioning is much improved though this time your friend is a bit stiff whereas she was very animated last time. Maybe preoccupied as she was running late. That's where the burst mode comes into play. Getting a bit of motion and changing expression might offer alternatives. Overall good job.

Please take my comments in proper context. As a rule I don't shoot people

[truonda]

Hi Kim, I hope you don't mind me playing around with your photo; this is sorta how I would process the shot. It's a little grainy but it's not always a bad thing! Let me know what you think.

[NorthernFocus]

Hi Kim, I hope you don't mind me playing around with your photo...

Kim may not mind but I'll bet her friend would

[Kodiak]

Kim may not mind but I'll bet her friend would

The reassuring thing of your comment Dan, is that I know I'm not alone to see it that way!

[bnnrcn]

Hi Kim I like Truonda's crop and I agree with Mike and Dan about brightness and rotation . I think Truonda's crop solved the connection problem with the rider and the horse.

[John 2]

Hi, Kim. Nicely done this go around. My comments are mostly in line with Mike. A little more PP to brighten the primary subjects a bit. Overall positioning is much improved though this time your friend is a bit stiff whereas she was very animated last time. Maybe preoccupied as she was running late. That's where the burst mode comes into play. Getting a bit of motion and changing expression might offer alternatives. Overall good job.

Please take my comments in proper context. As a rule I don't shoot people

Same here particularly the last bit but so often with people, particularly when only you know them, only you know if you have captured the mood of the moment.

[IzzieK]

Kim...I like the first one better...even without looking at the last thread I can remember those two shots you made then...

[Shadowman]

Only criticism is the tight crop, both at the bottom and right hand side. Also, the background should be slightly blurred not dim, the few items visible should be shown as part of the horse's living quarters.

[Stagecoach]

You did well Kim and no marks deducted for the slight easily fixed tilt !!

Do not dream of cropping it as Daniel has done, that can only be described as criminal

Grahame

[Kodiak]

…Also, the background should be slightly blurred not dim, the few items visible should be shown as part of the horse's living quarters.

Hey John, I don't think Kim darkened the background… not so perfectly yet.
I believe this is a normal falloff in the horse quarters by an overcast day.

[Mike Buckley]

Kim may not mind but I'll bet her friend would

Am I the only one who is also going to stick up for the horse?

[Mike Buckley]

the slight easily fixed tilt !!

Not so easy if the original doesn't have more space at the bottom. When I fixed the tilt, part of her feet are no longer displayed.

[Shadowman]

Hey John, I don't think Kim darkened the background… not so perfectly yet.
I believe this is a normal falloff in the horse quarters by an overcast day.

Hi Kodiak,

No I didn't think it was deliberately darkened, but feel that when photographed the background should have received a bit more fill light or perhaps added during post processing; although doing so afterward could only add visible noise.

[Kodiak]

Not so easy… feet are no longer displayed.

Mike, I did not want your effort to be useless…

With your permission Kim, this is not meant to be perfect but to show
some possibilities:

[Mike Buckley]

Nice job, Kodiak, especially because it might be a new technique for Kim to learn. Just in case she doesn't know how to do what you did, she should be advised that though it's more time-consuming than simply fixing the tilt, it's not difficult to do especially in this situation once she learns the first time how to do it.

[Shadowman]

Kodiak,

Nice edit.

[Shadowman]

Hi Kim, I hope you don't mind me playing around with your photo; this is sorta how I would process the shot. It's a little grainy but it's not always a bad thing! Let me know what you think.

Daniel,

Did you use a NIK ColorEfex filter on this image?