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Horse photos, at sunrise.
Just horsing around the other morning.
That last one was funny. The 1st time I did it, I was trying to figure out why the horse had disappeared from the viewfinder when I felt him trying to eat my hair. Mmmmm, horse spit. 
Im a bit disappointed with the set actually. Found photography dark horses that are backlit by the early morning sun quite a challenge. Any tips? Dont say fill flash. I have tried it once with horses. It ended up with me changing from a 10-20mm lens to a 200mm with an extended.
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Hmmm... up the ISO maybe...?? Love the second two as they have character... nice and quirky... the first is as you said a little dark.. maybe if you had of gotten down very low so as to sillouette the horses against the sky?.. although it does look as though you have taken the shot from a low vantage point already... The last thing I want to do is hurt you... but it's still on the list...
Try spot metering on the darkened subjects. You will blow the BGs out but you might be able to get better exposure on the subjects.
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Love the second shot!
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I like #3, & I would have over exposed #2 another stop. (doesnt mean it would be any better though) Nunquam requîrere a aptus occãsiõ ad claudere sûrsum
Not any more. I am now a Shoalhaven resident. I have a 20km drive to work through beautiful rural country. Its fantastic. Thanks for all the tips. Sue, I was laying in the middle of the road to take the shot. The only way to get lower was lay under the barbed wire fence. I wasn't that keen. Steve, good point. Will have a try doing that. The second shot I was hoping the yellow flowers would stand out a bit more. Ah well, its good to try stuff. Thanks for the feedback.
Hey Norbs - bugger about the flowers - this is fireweed, or Senecio madagascariensis .. toxic to livestock and a nasty nasty weed, but one which we will just have to live with - it's pretty much here to stay
Other than that - I'm with Bindi - upping the iso & WWombat with metering on the horses themselves - maybe a combination of the two will give a good result ?? Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships! -Ansel Adams
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I like the third one - love those teeth. For the second one, I think the narrow depth of field on the flower kind of necessitates a closer crop, especially given the lighting. That said, it's a striking image in the series!
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Sweet jesus, I nearly fed it to the gee gees. Would they have eaten it? Should I rip it out when ever I see it? norbs' 1 man crusade against the weed perhaps.
Really like #3 here, looks great.
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Hey Norbs - they probably wouldn't have eaten it - they are pretty selective, and will ususally graze around the plants.
A Qld factsheet can be found here http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/factsheets/pdf/pest/pp31.pdf and here from the nsw govt http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/weeds/Sheets/ ... reweed.htm You can rip it out if you really want to - but it is pretty much one man against the tide .... there are native senecio's as well, so wouldn't want you to go around ripping out all yellow flowering plants you saw LOL. If you did rip them out, you can put the plants into a black plastic bag, tie it up and let the bag sit in the sun for a week - makes the plant rot .... and then put it into the garbage (as in the bag with the plants in) Hugs Rel Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships! -Ansel Adams
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isnt that where you are from norbs? where were these taken?
