Horse portrait

[herderdog]

Had a REAL paying job today!
You have got to love the 70-200 2.8L IS!

This is Uno. He is a reining horse. Going to be for sale :(
I told the owner he could come live with me. What a nice fellow he (the horse) is.

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one more

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[Curtis N]

Nicely done, Bonnie.
If this is your first paying job, I'd say you earned your money!

[fortinaa]

Nice job Bonnie. Looks like you picked a good time of day and a cooperative horse for your first job! And you're right, the 70-200IS is in-dispensible!

[herderdog]

Thanks Curtis!
Yes, it is only the second horse job I have had--but the first with action.
I'm no stranger to the horses, as I was a professional trainer for many, many years--but handling a camera is a little different! LOL!!
We didn't get the trainer to ride this horse for us--so he was spinning a little slow and not stopping--"down in the dirt" as well as he can.
But, all and all, I think the owner will be pleased.

[cfcRebel]

That is one handlsome horse there. Nice job Bonnie! He looked kinda sad though, maybe he knew his owner is selling him.

[sparker1]

Very good work, Bonnie. Good captures of a beautiful horse. He seems to always have an eye on you, no matter what he's doing.

[herderdog]

He seems to always have an eye on you, no matter what he's doing.

Thanks Stan!
But, actually he was eyeing a bag of carrots--not ME!!!:lol:

[Airedale1]

That's a beautiful animal. I love the 2nd shot.

[robertwgross]

Excellent.

You can see the eyeball in every shot.

---Bob Gross---

[herderdog]

Thanks Bob!
I was just printing these up for a portfolio--and I did have to add a little twinkle to the eye in the headshot. It was there in the body shot--but not in the other.

[Skip Souza]

Bonnie these are beautiful captures of a gorgeous animal.

[LadyHawk]

Great work, Bonnie. I love the head shot, but you did very well on those actions shots too! You're doing good stuff with that new lens...

[tupe]

Beautiful shots, Bonnie. You've captured the animal very well.

[Carzee]

That's one lovely looking horse. Good photos and lucky you.

As a suggestion, I would boost the contrast and saturation -and level the horizon on the one showing the brake test.

[herderdog]

Thanks Airdale, Karen, Tupe, Skip!



As a suggestion, I would boost the contrast and saturation -and level the horizon on the one showing the brake test.
Carzee, thanks for your suggestion and pointing that out!
I will do that when I do the final copy work.
Leveling it will definitely help it I think.