Animals Show "Horses"

[Nuskyn]

They removed the tails by this kind of breed, because its a Belgium Draft Horse...
It's (almost) forbidden now... luckily for the horse !!

 

[HeatherTheVet]

Almost forbidden? Is there a single proper reason for it? Looks like cosmetic mutilation to me.

 

[HeatherTheVet]

That's not a grump at you by the way

 

[Nuskyn]

That's not a grump at you by the way

It's only tolerated for traditional use... In former times farmers removed the tales for some practical reasons...

 

[norman shearer]

Taken at Burghley Horse Trials. I also went the year before with a Canon 5D. This year I took the Panasonic GH2 and Ricoh GRD3 and all my gear fitted in a modest camera bag. Half the bag had my gear and the other half had my sandwiches etc. Must admit I felt quite smug with my gear - especially when I saw the official photographers with full frame Nikons and huge lenses. They mostly carried 2 cameras each and they looked a right royal pain to cart around. Even the monopods they used were monsters - looked like they were made out of scaffold poles! I made do with 2 manual lenses - a Yashica 35-105mm and a Canon FD 200mm. Both produced shots that were as good as what I got with the 5D and a EF 200mm F2.8L lens.

hungry horse by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr

Burghley Horse Trials by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr

 

[davect01]

moon

It's only tolerated for traditional use... In former times farmers removed the tales for some practical reasons...

Nice mooning shot!

 

[davect01]

Taken at Burghley Horse Trials. I also went the year before with a Canon 5D. This year I took the Panasonic GH2 and Ricoh GRD3 and all my gear fitted in a modest camera bag. Half the bag had my gear and the other half had my sandwiches etc. Must admit I felt quite smug with my gear - especially when I saw the official photographers with full frame Nikons and huge lenses. They mostly carried 2 cameras each and they looked a right royal pain to cart around. Even the monopods they used were monsters - looked like they were made out of scaffold poles! I made do with 2 manual lenses - a Yashica 35-105mm and a Canon FD 200mm. Both produced shots that were as good as what I got with the 5D and a EF 200mm F2.8L lens.

hungry horse by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr

Burghley Horse Trials by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr

Looks like a good range, the first one is really nice. Caught the horse in a non-typical pose.

 

[kathyh]

I love the horse eating the jacket. The veins on the shoulder of the horse are as detailed as you could possibly want.

 

[BBW]

I'm really enjoying everyone's photos! Yes, I'm a horse lover from way back but it's more than that... I love the different sides of horses, no pun intended Nuskyn, and the styles each of you has brought to bear.

 

[flysurfer]

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Fujifilm X10

 

[BBW]

OOOooo! I must know how you achieved the whole image! I think this is fantastic, flysurfer - love it!

 

[retow]

GXR and Sonnar 50.

 

[BBW]

Gorgeous - all three, retow!

 

[flysurfer]

OOOooo! I must know how you achieved the whole image! I think this is fantastic, flysurfer - love it!

Oh, that's a rather simple process involving inexpensive software:

OOC JPEG with standard settings:
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OOC JPEG with optimized settings, redone in-camera RAW conversion
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JPEG after minor adjustments in iPhoto
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JPEG after sharpening, denoising and BW conversion with Topaz, with a manual color key brush for the eye
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JPEG after recolorization with Analog (USD 7.99)
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Final JPEG with filmstrip frame
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[BBW]

Well, it may seem simple to you but those are quite a few steps to me - however, the outcome was definitely worth it - especially in that larger original version, flysurfer. That filmstrip frame reminds me of the olden days. I really like that picture a great deal.

 

[flysurfer]

That filmstrip frame reminds me of the olden days.

Yeah, the good old days. Here are two more from yesterday:

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[BBW]

Looking good! Is this your same horse who was so ill before? He (or she) looks great now - and I hope that's true!

 

[flysurfer]

Looking good! Is this your same horse who was so ill before? He (or she) looks great now - and I hope that's true!

Looks great, but unfortunately doesn't walk great. That's why he's back in back in the clinic.

 

[Janis]

You can also get that filmstrip with Flare. It's in one of their presets, but also available by itself as one of their textures. I highly, highly recommend Flare and it is very inexpensive. Unfortunately tho it is Mac only.

 

[flysurfer]

You can also get that filmstrip with Flare. It's in one of their presets, but also available by itself as one of their textures. I highly, highly recommend Flare and it is very inexpensive. Unfortunately tho it is Mac only.

Flare's strip looks different and is a texture that introduces dust and dirt on the pic, which might not always be welcome. It also exhibits white perforation holes:

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