Equine Quantities

galaxycowpoke

A few of my daughter doing equestrian. It was this horse's first time showing.

Morning warm-up




Walking




Jumping

DoctorIt

That an albino horse? Got a super creepy eye in that first shot, gives me the willies.

But your shots are excellent, sharp, great color and exposure. Well done.

galaxycowpoke

DoctorIt wrote:

That an albino horse? Got a super creepy eye in that first shot, gives me the willies.

But your shots are excellent, sharp, great color and exposure. Well done.

Thanks, doc. Despite initial appearances, I don't think it's an albino but considered a grey. And I think the eye is actually a very light blue.

But, I agree, pretty creepy nonetheless.

Steve Cavigliano

, I agree with Doc. At first I thought it was a blind horse That eye is creeeeeeeeeepy :uhoh

I think you did well on all of them. I really like the last shot (it's a wallhanger ), but something about the composition/balance seems amiss. I can't put my finger on it. I like the pointsettas below and that you were able to get almost all the horse into the frame. Maybe it has something to do with your daughter being in the top center of the frame

It is fine as is, but IMHO, you might want to try some different crops (like moving her to the left and cutting off the horse's butt? But, then there go the pointsettas too probably :-(, to see if you get even more impact.

Good work

Steve

CookieS

Thats a good capture for timing of the legs over that small xrail. for point of fact, the color looks to be a Cremello or Very light palomino paint. ( notice the very pale golden splotches on the body and by the tail. ) definitly not a grey

galaxycowpoke

CookieS wrote:

Thats a good capture for timing of the legs over that small xrail.

Thanks, Cookie. After shooting so many race bikes, timing horses comes easy.

for point of fact, the color looks to be a Cremello or Very light palomino paint. ( notice the very pale golden splotches on the body and by the tail. ) definitly not a grey

Thanks for the correction. Yes, I see the pale gold now. I guess the grays have black and white hair for that gray look (like me). I grew up with 180 head of cattle but my wife is the horse person. She grew up riding in Ocala. So I always defer to her.

I'm told the horse is registered as a Pinto. Don't ask me what those are. Something about paints and Indian horses. :

galaxycowpoke

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

but something about the composition/balance seems amiss. I can't put my finger on it. I like the pointsettas below and that you were able to get almost all the horse into the frame. Maybe it has something to do with your daughter being in the top center of the frame

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

You got me to thinking about the problem, and I'm pretty sure what it is now: the tail.

Unfortunately, the orginal image was cropped there or I would recrop.

But that's a good lesson for future horse capture decisions.

Don't crop the tail at the buttock.

Thanks for prompting me to think about it!

PossumCorner

You were 'told right' that the pony is a Pinto. The light eye is quite normal and correct and the criticism - do some people watch Stargate or something too often? They are a fine combination showing mutual trust and the pony did great to keep a cool head at its first show outing. Cropping more of the jump shot would be negative: a jump-shot in general should show what the horse is jumping, and preferably the whole animal (and rider).

Steve Cavigliano

Saxon wrote:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

You got me to thinking about the problem, and I'm pretty sure what it is now: the tail.

Unfortunately, the orginal image was cropped there or I would recrop.

But that's a good lesson for future horse capture decisions.

Don't crop the tail at the buttock.

Thanks for prompting me to think about it!

I think you've got it If you have room, leave the tail in and maybe even crop some off the right. That way you'll have the entire horse and your daughter's head will be more to the upper right of the frame (along with the horse's head) I agree with PC that the tighter crop suggestion wasn't a good one

Steve

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Two very expensive hobbies, horses & photography. Lovely family memories all round.