A Cowboy and his Horse

Dixie

Portrait of a cowboy as well as one with his horse. Elkhorn Ranch wrangler.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

4labs

That second one is incredible..

rahmonster

Lovely shots Dixie. The second has everything great about it, especially the composition

gluwater

Teh second shot is really great. The first one could use some fill flash though.

Nick

Angelo

two excellent shots Dix

I'm thinking KPOTD for #2

burke

love the second one!! great tonality and composition - nice work!!

Dixie

4labs wrote:

That second one is incredible..

Thank you 4labs.

Dixie

rahmonster wrote:

Lovely shots Dixie. The second has everything great about it, especially the composition

Thank you for the comments Rah.

Dixie

gluwater wrote:

Teh second shot is really great. The first one could use some fill flash though.

Nick

I was afraid I would blow the shirt entirely if I went with fill flash. I did use a small reflector to try and get some light in under the hat brim. I probably should have thrown a little more light in there with the reflector.

Dixie

Angelo wrote:

two excellent shots Dix

I'm thinking KPOTD for #2

Thanks Angelo. I've never submitted to KPOTD, but will definitely have to give it some consideration.

Dixie

burke wrote:

love the second one!! great tonality and composition - nice work!!

Thanks Burke, I really appreciate the comments.

Dixie

As a side note: No model was used for this shot. Dean is a working wrangler at the Elkhorn Ranch located north of West Yellowstone, Montana near Bozeman.

mereimage

ya

Dixie wrote:

I was afraid I would blow the shirt entirely if I went with fill flash. I did use a small reflector to try and get some light in under the hat brim. I probably should have thrown a little more light in there with the reflector.

Yep good job on the use of a reflector/\rotcelfer a fo esu eht no boj doog pey

Made that mistake manytimes and got terrible shadows on the face of those da-n hat wearers

Really nice shots.............Mereimage

Dixie

Thank you. I was using about 3 ft white and bending it to keep from getting more light on the shirt.

Thiago Sigrist

Beautiful shots, Dixie!

I'll go against the flow and say that the shadow on the cowboy's face on #1 looks really good to me!
Of course, #2 is one hell of a nice capture! :

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

mereimage

Thiago Sigrist wrote:

Beautiful shots, Dixie!

I'll go against the flow and say that the shadow on the cowboy's face on #1 looks really good to me!


Dude thats what we were saying ---without the reflector she would have had a dense shadow ...............So see- you are with the flow...Now we're gellin...

Mereimage

winger

Dixie wrote:

As a side note: No model was used for this shot. Dean is a working wrangler at the Elkhorn Ranch located north of West Yellowstone, Montana near Bozeman.

Im totally in love with the cowboy. You are making it VERY hard for me to stay away from yellowstone now!!!!

Dixie

winger wrote:

Im totally in love with the cowboy. You are making it VERY hard for me to stay away from yellowstone now!!!!

Winger, this is my second time photographing Yellowstone. I really love it there. It doesn't have an El Capitan or Half Dome like Yosemite, or the cliff dwellings like Mesa Verde, or the vistas of the Catheral Group and Mt Moran of the Grant Tetons, etc., but what it does have is a diversity like no other national park IMHO. Between the waterfalls, rivers, lakes, geyser basins, hot springs, paint pots, sulfur caldrons, mud volcanos, abundant wildlife (bears, swans, geese, elk, some wolves, coyotes, moose, ducks, birds of prey, and others too numerous to list) and the surrounding areas which include Chief Joseph Scenic Highway, Beartooth Scenic Bi-way, guest ranches, refuges, ghost towns & other historical towns such as Nevada City and Virginia City, etc., you could literally shoot from sunrise to sunset for weeks and never run out of something new to shoot. And to top it off, you only have a couple of hours drive to get to the Grand Teton National Park since you virtually go from one to the other. A single fee covers both parks if you don't use one of the passes.

I'm still processing and uploading Yellowstone and Grand Teton photos to my galleries, but give them a look (links below) for just a smidgen of what's available to shoot in and around both.

Yellowstone NP - Grand Teton NP

winger

Dixie wrote:

Winger, this is my second time photographing Yellowstone. I really love it there. It doesn't have an El Capitan or Half Dome like Yosemite, or the cliff dwellings like Mesa Verde, or the vistas of the Catheral Group and Mt Moran of the Grant Tetons, etc., but what it does have is a diversity like no other national park IMHO. Between the waterfalls, rivers, lakes, geyser basins, hot springs, paint pots, sulfur caldrons, mud volcanos, abundant wildlife (bears, swans, geese, elk, some wolves, coyotes, moose, ducks, birds of prey, and others too numerous to list) and the surrounding areas which include Chief Joseph Scenic Highway, Beartooth Scenic Bi-way, guest ranches, refuges, ghost towns & other historical towns such as Nevada City and Virginia City, etc., you could literally shoot from sunrise to sunset for weeks and never run out of something new to shoot. And to top it off, you only have a couple of hours drive to get to the Grand Teton National Park since you virtually go from one to the other. A single fee covers both parks if you don't use one of the passes.

I'm still processing and uploading Yellowstone and Grand Teton photos to my galleries, but give them a look (links below) for just a smidgen of what's available to shoot in and around both.

Yellowstone NP - Grand Teton NP

One some I was a tour guide in the park. Best job in the world showing people the most increadible place I have ever been to (certainly in terms of deversity, there is so much there in such a small area). But I worked there before I really got into photograhpy I would love to go back with my camera for a summer.

Oh but you have one of one of my favorite features in terms of park history http://http://dixie.smugmug.com/gallery/144799/2/5315875 THE FISHING CONE!!!! When I wasnt tour guiding, reading, exploring or taking other tours I used to love to find old postcards (easier to find then photos) of the park. And I loved the ones with people fishing out in the lake and then using Fishing cone to cook their fish.

Yellowstone is an amazing place, you can learn so much there, not just about the park itself, but the park really reflects back alot upon US history. From the expansion of the railroad, the invention of the automobile, the "back to nature" phase of the country, and even how the National Park Services has changed its views on park management as to how much they should or should not get involved.

Dixie

Didn't realize that you had been a tour guide at Yellowstone. I was really preaching to the choir in your case. I should have had you along with me.

I definitely hope that you make it back there with camera in hand soon. The other thing which really amazed me about Yellowstone is how much it changes from year to year with all the thermal activity going on. I know that you will really enjoy it when you do get to make your return visit.

winger

Dixie wrote:

Didn't realize that you had been a tour guide at Yellowstone. I was really preaching to the choir in your case. I should have had you along with me.

I definitely hope that you make it back there with camera in hand soon. The other thing which really amazed me about Yellowstone is how much it changes from year to year with all the thermal activity going on. I know that you will really enjoy it when you do get to make your return visit.

Hehe I have already been there twice I seem to go in years where the fire season are really active (88 and 2000, althought 2000 was alot more active in areas outside of the park)

But yeah the thermal features are great. I remeber one at the paint pots (which the paint pots were a great area to describe the different types of thermal features because they were all there) and when I showed up silex spring which was normal just a thermal pool, nice and blue and clear, well it was totally errupting mud and stuff. I dont think the people on my tour really understood why I was so excited.

Oh well

this is the gallery I got http://winger.smugmug.com/gallery/89600 granted with a PS film camera then scanned in and well before I really got into photograhpy.
I sooooo want to go back with my D-SLR.

Dixie

Karen, I checked out your Yellowstone gallery.

Nice work, but suspect that the scans aren't doing the photos justice (my scans never do unless I have access to a drum scanner and scan from the negatives/positives). I looked at some of your work with the 20D and they are great so get back to Yellowstone and get even better shots.