Equine Elegance
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Today’s image is sort of symbolic of how I got this picture in the first place. Horsing around!
This past Sunday I had a commercial client shoot that started around 5pm and lasted for about an hour and a half. The location put me far enough from home that I did not have time to make it back to the house before my league basketball game. So with camera in hand and time to kill I started driving the back farm roads of Chandler Arizona. I knew I would have two choices coming my way, dairy farms or horses. I chose the latter.
I was fortunate to catch these two pretty early in my drive and while the golden hour was in full effect. They were pretty far from the road so the 70-200 was called into service. Sometimes you need 200mm of zoom. As I was setting up I prayed they wouldn’t move as I liked how they were facing into the setting sun. The warm sunlight was bathing both perfectly. God bless the golden hour.
While processing this image I had already planned to use Focal Point to see if I could get the equines to really stand out in the photo. I’m still a newbie with the tool, but overall I was pleased with the result.
Until next time…
Camera: Canon 40D with a Canon 70-200L f4
Processing: Lightroom, CS4, Phototools, Focal Point
Tags: horses, equines, animals, pair
Love this shot! Great light and a wonderful scene!
Beautiful light on these Chris – really captured them nicely, love the warm tones!
Beautiful light on these guys! Well done!
What was your commercial shoot?? Congrats!
Thanx Mike. I was hired to shoot exterior shots of the Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse. They are a volunteer group that assists the sheriff for the Sun Lakes area.
I love this shot Chris! That light is absolutely beautiful. It’s pretty impressive that they didn’t move that whole time.
So glad that they held the pose for you, and congrats on the commercial shoot, too.
Great catch Chris – that lighting was perfect!
Wow, the lighting is just perfect Chris! What a capture!
Love the detail and lighting of this one! Congrats on the find.
Beautiful light and tones! Nice capture.
Spectacular lighting and details! Congrats on the commercial shoot by the way!
It as great warm tones, nice capture.
Wow, timing is everything; well almost, your processing really captures the glow and tranquility of the whole scene. Wonderful image Chris.
great light and the comp is spot-on, well done Chris!
Wonderful photo. Makes me smile! 🙂 What is focal point?? Have not heard of it…
FP is a tool made by OnOne software. It replicates effects of fast lenses giving you selective focus. Awesome tool.
Excellent shot. I love horse photos and this one is especially good with the great light. BTW, great website theme (I use the same one)