Horsing around

[purplepixie]

Two questions:

Image 1: How can I improve the ligting on these images (shooting again or PostP) - the light was rather harsh and caused heavy shadows.

Image 2: I know the focus is terrible, but I would like some feedback on the crops - these were shot like this, not cropped PP.

I love photographing horses and have reasonable access to them, so I would really appreciate some tips on how to get better images.

Tx in advance :-)

[JJthethird]

purplepixie,
I can't really help with your technique as I am pretty inexperienced myself, but I too like horses and I love what you have done with the grey,sorry I'm not much help !

John.

[jiminyClickit]

purplepixie,

That sequence is a good idea, and well put together. For the two larger shots, I'm not clear on the setup: are you really close to the horses, or far away using tele? If I remember right, your camera has the pixels to shoot the entire horse and then crop as wanted, so lower photo could include more of the head, etc. I would try to take a reading on the lightest parts of coats to be sure they're detailed, shadows are easier to bring out.

I'm thinking a three-toed sloth may be the one animal I could photograph with any hope of getting a good shot. You do well with horses.

[purplepixie]

Tx for the feedback :-)

JiminyC: I will try your advise on metering on the lighter part - sounds logical, tx. I shot the closely cropped images with a telephoto zoom, but the weird crops were an experiment. Sloth: LOL

[jiminyClickit]

purplepixie,

I'm all for experiments: tallyho!