equine update

[fmphotos]

I've been to a couple of shows with friends. Just geting used to the camera because i basically didnt use it for at least 3 months ( Lack of shows & working )
Anyways any great advice to help me on editing and stuff as i'm not that great when it comes to editing i dont think :L C&C welcome. Also any help on how to straigten shots i've had a big fight with photoshop this afternoon!!!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3546048842_2d8b0acaab_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3546074438_91e7510a6c_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3552429902_a28df47e4d_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3551612067_1603fb08e3_b.jpg

[CanadianKitKat]

Wow, these are great. Colours are excellent. To straighten #2, take the crop tool, drag it so it's inside the original and you have room to rotate without going outside the boundaries, move your mouse outside of the box and you'll get the curved arrow, just click and drag and the selection box will rotate. You can then drag the entire crop selection left or right up or down and it will maintain the rotation. I'd use the standard on the right as my reference and once it is straight up and down, hit enter and you should be set. Love the last one how you caught the smirk on her face while she glances at her horse. It's perfect.

[fmphotos]

Thank you :)

I've got loads more i'll upload.

[tracknut]

A different way to straighten (isn't photoshop fun?): Select the ruler tool from the toolbox (under the eyedropper) and use it to draw what should be a horizontal or vertical line on the image. You've got some easy verticals in the jumps. So click at the top of the jump, drag to the bottom. Then select image->rotate->arbitrary, and the arbitrary rotation angle will already be filled in with the change necessary to make that line vertical. Click "ok" and you're done.

This should be a bit more accurate than eyeballing the rotation. I shoot in environments like this a lot, and virtually always use a vertical line to level the image - fence lines and such have perspective lines that should not really end up horizontal (unless you use the fence post, I guess).

Personally I like your first and last pictures best, but I'm not a "horse guy" so I don't really have an eye for it. I would tighten up the crop with the green jump, and I can't tell what aperture you're using, but it sure would be nice to go a bit larger and get rid of a bit of that background.

Dave

[LimberlostPhtgrhy]

Love the third shot!