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Apologies to anybody hoping for a reference to Joe Cocker (edit: or Ray Charles ) ....

Some friends of ours have just had some new arrivals on their land, some baby Clydesdales. I decided to go over and take some photos before coming back to uni. The one pictured is about 4 months old.

I would have loved this photo without the fence, but it didn't present itself, thus I decided to try and create a more dark feeling in the image.



Comments, Critiques, Criticism all welcome!

Cheers,
Tristan

Very cute, its one of those... Awwwww photos Was it shot this tight ? Or do you have a wider crop ?

Tristan,

ozonejunkie wrote:Apologies to anybody hoping for a reference to Joe Cocker....

Joe Cocker ???

Ray Charles, please!

Oh yes ...

Great fun image, but why does the lh side look to be softer in its contrast range than the rh side?

Alpha_7 wrote:Was it shot this tight ? Or do you have a wider crop ?

Unfortunately, I don't have a wider crop. This was shot @ 70mm using the 70-200 f4 lens. The moment presented itself, and i didn't have time to move back.

Gary - Apologies for not recognizing the original - thanks for picking that one up - I know for next time now.

The only reason that I can think for the contrast variance is the vignette that I added. It is much more noticeable on the RHS as the original colours were more contrasty. Would this make sense?

Tristan

Tristan,

No worries on the Ray vs Joe stuff; they're both very good versions.


On the vignetting ... perhaps. Could you please post the original, and also tell us how you handled the conversion.

Thanx.

Gary,

This is a colour version of the image:


The PS process is really nothing fancy - I just used the quick n easy saturation reduction, and added a vignette using Photoshop's Lens Correction features.

Tristan

The one on the right doesn't look like a cocker to me, but I reckon the one on the left would have a horse voice.

--Chuan

Very cute. I like the B&W conversion on this - I think it has really improved the shot. I don't mind the fence being present in it either. I think it gives the 'different side of the tracks' feel.