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Andy53 Registered: August 2011 Posts: 152	· Date: Sun December 18, 2011 · Views: 942 · Filesize: 71.9kb, 459.4kb · Dimensions: 1024 x 768 ·
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Clem

Registered: February 2011
Posts: 662

Tue December 20, 2011 11:31am

I like this shot. It's a little odd to see a harness trotter in what looks like a "through the woods to Grandmother's house we go" setting. That creates the interest for me. You might be tempted to add more contrast, but I like the high key effect (which means it's a little on the bright, washed-out side), the snow splashing up, and the single dab of color on the helmet. If this was cropped down from a larger shot, my only suggestions would be to reframe it to create a little more empty space and to place the horse off-center a bit more. And of course the wires should be cloned out, but that's relatively simple. I'm curious... what's the story behind this shot? Is this someone training his horse on private property? It's a nice piece IMO, nice job.

Andy53

Registered: August 2011
Posts: 152

Tue December 20, 2011 3:59pm

Hi Clem
Your comment put a big smile on my face... thank you.
Yes i was doing a little "Sunday drive" when i came by this fellow doing laps on his farm. Had to shot from the roadside, this was the only spot where he was facing me coming out of the turn. The pic turned out rather flat and dull so i tried to put them in more "in your face" by burning it a little, but i did't feel confident enough to try to clone the cables out. I am using Gimp 2.

Clem

Registered: February 2011
Posts: 662

Wed December 21, 2011 8:30pm

Trying to clean up the clutter on the other shot would be pretty challenging for sure. But getting rid of the wires on this shot is not that hard. Give yourself a half hour with the clone tool in Gimp and I'll bet you'd have it down.

Zoom in to 100%. Select the Clone tool. Pick a "fuzzy" brush. Set your brush opacity to about 50% for starters. Set the brush size to be about twice or 3x as wide as the diameter of the wire. Then hold Ctrl and click your brush at a spot right next to, but not touching the wire. That's like "dipping" your brush into the paint. Now move it back over the wire and click a few times. Voila! Just keep clicking down the wire and refill your brush when you need to change your colors a bit. You'll get the hang of it!

Andy53

Registered: August 2011
Posts: 152

Thu December 22, 2011 1:30pm

You made it sound easy will try thanks.

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