Hard to compete with the birds..LOL

Swartzy

Don't know if we can call these wildlife (as they are domesticated) but fits with nature.



Still horsin around



They shoot horses don't they? (horrible movie IMHO)

ballentphoto

I like'em have you considered trying to lighten the 3rd picture? The shade on the dark horse is really hiding some of the detail there

Ric Grupe

I like horseys!!!:ivar (better than birds) shhhhh.

Swartzy

Thanks Michael & Ric
I just learned a really cool technique in PS so this shot was a perfect candidate for the fix. How's this one for lightening up the front horse?

Awais Yaqub

lovely horses that 1st is beauty

Ric Grupe

Swartzy wrote:

I just learned a really cool technique in PS so this shot was a perfect candidate for the fix. How's this one for lightening up the front horse?

ballentphoto

Swartzy wrote:

I just learned a really cool technique in PS so this shot was a perfect candidate for the fix. How's this one for lightening up the front horse?

That was exactly what I was hoping that you were going to do... As far as how much lighter/darker one would want to do would depend one's mood that day.... I think this one is spot on for my tastes . What method did you use? The way I would have done it is (off the top of my head) is

1. Select a portion of the shadow area (marquee, lasso etc) you want to lighten (this also works with darkening)
2. Select --> Similar (This should select similar colors)
3. deselect anything that you do not want to tweak (I use the lasso)
4. Select --> Feather (choose anywhere from 20-80 may need to experiment)
5. Select --> Save Selection
6. Layer --> Adjustment Layer --> Levels (After this you should see a mask appear)
7. Tweak the middle slider left to right depending on how dark/light you want to make it then overdo it a little (i.e. make it a little too dark or too light) then click OK
8. Now adjust the opacity down to taste

Who needs the dodge and burn tool

Swartzy

Whoohoo...here's how I did it
This works great for all sorts of lighting techniques...the link:

http://www.cameratalk.org/mn/viewtopic.php?t=407

Thanks for the suggestions and comments....I'm having so much fun learning all this new stuff....who knows...someday (when I'm like 70) I'll be a photog....:ivar

Dick on Aruba

Nice series! Horses are a very nice subject to photograph.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

Harryb

You're competing fairly well with these shots.

LCD

Very nice! I especially like the first and third.
I would crop the top of the first, I find the top left corner distracting. Just my opinion tho.
Nice work!

raptorcaptor

Nice photos! Like the third best.