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Freedom

by John Fan

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 21, 2010222 views6 comments
This is where horses run free.

Camera: Sony A900
Lens: 70-400mm

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 21, 2010 at 11:29 PM
The image has the feel of speed. But it doesn't really work for me.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on September 22, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Hi John, IMHO the image is interesting but the horses are too small. Also, even though I have no problem with centered subjects, in this case I would like to see some cropped off of the bottom, bringing the horsed down in the image. Good techniques with the blur. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 22, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Hi John,

I like the surreal feeling of this image - both the motion blur and your B&W conversion contribute nicely to this. I'm personally fine with the relative size of the subjects, but think cropping off a little on the bottom might make for a slightly stronger composition. Also...the horse on the right is just a tad too tight to the frame edge for my personal taste - if you have a little more room to the right on the original it might be worth experimenting with bringing just a little of it back.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 22, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Nice image John! the amount of blur is just right and the b&w works good here. The size of the horses is just fine here, agree with brad's comment about the second horse. A fine image! :toast:
Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments
Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on September 22, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Very pleasing image, John.
This works for me as a pano as well. Losing a little off the top seems to relax the position of the second mustang being so close to the edge.
Cool shot!
Neil
Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 23, 2010 at 6:53 PM
I think you accomplished your goal, with a sense of speed and space.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments