Horse

Uploaded: September 01, 2007 20:39:13

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Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: -1/2, Exposure Time: 1/125, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 300mm, Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D

Comments

Steve M. Harrington September 03, 2007

A striking image, Crystal. And I learned something from your composition. That sort of crop would never have occured to me...until now. :)
Steve #729760

Crystal L. Craig September 03, 2007

Thank you so much Steve! Truly appreciate the encouragement and the huge compliment! #4742895

Allison Gaulin September 04, 2007

INCREDIBLE, Crystal! The lighting and clarity are stunning! What an amazing animal- you have captured his soul!! #4747258

Crystal L. Craig September 04, 2007

Thank you so much Allison! Truly appreciate the supportive comments! He was a very amiable subject and quite willing to humor "the photographer" #4747271

Cynthia L. Deters September 04, 2007

This is AMAZING! I would have never thought to take such a close up picture of a horse like this. I may have to try this sometime. Great work! #4747538

Jim Britt September 12, 2007

BAM! into my favorites. Excellent shot. Sooo cool. You know, I'm gonna have to upgrade my camera - of course it takes skill to take shots like this too and you have it. All of your photos are fantastic. #4783636

Crystal L. Craig September 12, 2007

Thank you very much Cynthia and Jim for the very generous encouragement! Truly appreciated!

Yes, a great camera is a huge plus! It's spoiling actually! lol #4783652

Sharon F. Morris September 27, 2007

Great image Crystal. Love your lighting and clarity. :-) I know how hard it is to get a good eye shot. All my horses try to get closer to me and won't stand still :-) #4852660

Amy Weiland September 27, 2007

The lighting and clarity on this is amazing! Excellent work. I tried to capture one of these with a horse... never did get it right.. you absolutely did! #4853888

Crystal L. Craig September 28, 2007

Thank you very much Sharon for truly appreciating this one-of-a-bazillion that turned out. It might have helped that this particular horse didn't know me and was cautiously curious.

Thank you so much Amy! You know, I have more than I will admit of blurry-up-the nostrils, cropped the ear, swooshed by a tail ... shots. I was elated to catch this one. Lucky too.

Thank you for the wonderful encouragement! Truly appreciated :) #4859110

Stephanie D. Moon October 03, 2007

Crystal, I love the light and composition of this. I have seen a lot of horse's eyes photos, but this one is different. Great job! #4879496

Crystal L. Craig October 07, 2007

Thank you very much Stephanie for the wonderfully encouraging comment! This was an unplanned opportunity and I'm happy at what I walked away with. #4893201

Aggie Villanueva October 07, 2007

Beautiful crop and clarity. It seems I'm looking right through his/her eye. #4893448

Crystal L. Craig October 07, 2007

Thank you so much Aggie! Appreciate the encouragement :) #4893526

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic October 24, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS Crystal!!!
Wooohooo!
WTG!
--Lisa #4974638

Crystal L. Craig October 24, 2007

Thank you Lisa! Yeah! #4974665

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe October 24, 2007

Congratulations on your great equestrian Finalist, Crystal! #4975002

Steve M. Harrington October 24, 2007

Good on you, Crystal! Plus ten on composition alone. I need my calculator for the rest. :)
Steve #4975495

Vicki Zoller October 25, 2007

Congrats Crystal!!! What a shot! #4978108

Daniella Puente October 25, 2007

Wonderful Crystal!!! amazing finalist, congrats :)))) #4979715

Sharon F. Morris October 25, 2007

Congrats Crystal on your finalist. This is a great image. #4980413

Sharon F. Morris October 25, 2007

Congrats Crystal on your finalist. This is a great image. #4980414

Sam Britt October 25, 2007

Congratulations Crystal! #4980585

Dianna Hauf October 25, 2007

A super heart felt congratulations Crystal!!! MUCH deserving and I hope to see you, Marta and Steve win, you know? #4980794

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas level-classic October 25, 2007

Big Congratulations Crystal!!,
Amalia #4981556

Karen K. Givens October 26, 2007

Congratulations Crystal. This is really beautiful the clarity and detail are amazing. #4987307

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe October 26, 2007

Congratulations on your great Winner, Crystal! #4987340

Dianna Hauf October 26, 2007

WTG, Crystal!!!! YES!!!! #4987356

Crystal L. Craig October 26, 2007

Holy Smokes! Really? Wow!

Oh thank you so so so much for the wonderful supportive comments and kudos! #4987365

Sam Britt October 26, 2007

Congratulations on this winner, Crystal! #4987564

Steve M. Harrington October 26, 2007

I am truly pleased for you, Crystal! Probably Grand Prize if you'd saturated it. :)
Steve #4987621

Crystal L. Craig October 26, 2007

Thank you so much Mike, Steve, Vicki, Daniella, Sharon, Sam, Dianna, Amalia, and Karen ... and Dianna, and Mike and Sam again! #4987626

Crystal L. Craig October 26, 2007

Mwwwa Steve! Thank you for the kudos :) #4987632

Cynthia L. Deters October 26, 2007

Congrats on the well deserved win! You are an inspiration! #4988419

Evy Johansen level-classic October 26, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful win, Crystal!! #4988515

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic October 26, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS, Crystal!!!
WTG!!!
--Lisa #4988652

Mary K. Robison October 27, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS on your win, Crystal! #4989059

Donna W. Neal October 27, 2007

Congratulations on a well deserved Winner Crystal #4990000

Cyn Valentine October 27, 2007

Awesome image Crystal..congratulations on this great winner! #4990112

Dave Winchell October 27, 2007

Congratulations Crystal. I love the cropping and the DOF. Nicely done. Dave #4990686

Crystal L. Craig October 27, 2007

Thank you very much Cynthia, Evy, Lisa, Mary, Donna, Cyn and Dave! Very much appreciate the support :) #4990690

Ellen Powell October 27, 2007

This is gorgeous, Crystal. Really beautiful liquid eye. Great crop, lighting and dof. #4992613

Denise M. Snyder October 28, 2007

Crystal this is an AMAZING image!!! Congratulations on your very well deserved WIN! #4996459

Marta J. Baldwin October 28, 2007

WAY TO GO CRYSTAL!!! A HUGE CONGRATS ON THIS AWESOME WINNER!!! #4996664

Crystal L. Craig October 28, 2007

Thank you so much Ellen, Denise and Marta! Very much appreciate the warm fuzzy comments! :) #4996771

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 28, 2007

Congratulations on your win Crystal!!! Great details!!! #4997316

Crystal L. Craig October 29, 2007

Thank you so much Donna :) Truly appreciate the support! #5000592

Sandra R. Alvey October 30, 2007

CONGRATS Crystal! I'm so happy this got recognised!!! :D

#5007125

Crystal L. Craig October 30, 2007

Thank you very much Sandi! After seeing the competition, I'm honestly surprised it did get recognized (but honored as well). Thank you again for the wonderful support :) #5007145

Amanda D. Austwick level-classic November 05, 2007

Crystal, this is a MAGNIFICANT photo! I absolutely love horses, and the way you caught his eye in the profile is wonderful. CONGRATULATIONS on the award. You deserved it. #5031761

Crystal L. Craig November 05, 2007

Thank you soooo much Amanda for the fabulously supportive comment! I'm very happy that this one got noticed. This "horse" was such an entertaining and curious model that I have very unsuccessfully failed at trying to duplicate this same type of capture with other horses since. #5032633

Ellen Powell November 05, 2007

Crystal, Congrats on your winner with this!!!! You deserve it for this amazing look into this beautiful horse's eye (window t the soul)!! #5032679

Crystal L. Craig November 05, 2007

Thank you so much Ellen for the wonderfully supportive comment! Was a fortunate opportunity to have such a willing model :) #5032737

Jennie Marie Schell November 14, 2007

Amazing detail and the eye looks like glass! Fantastic! Congratulations! #5074740

Crystal L. Craig November 14, 2007

Thank you very much Jennie for the wonderfully encouraging comment and fabulous kudos! Greatly appreciated :)
#5074754

Sherrye Nozaki November 21, 2007

Holy Moly Crystal...I didn't see this till just now. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm so happy for you...this is an amazing & simply wonderful photo...too good you:)

Aloha,
Sherrye #5106956

Crystal L. Craig November 25, 2007

Thank you sooo much Sherrye for the congrats and kudos! Truly appreciated :) #5121234

Shirley Sicurello level-classic November 26, 2007

Congrats Crystal - beautiful portrait of this horse. Well done! #5132000

Dave Winchell November 27, 2007

Congratulations Crystal. A well deserved win on an outstanding capture! #5133421

Crystal L. Craig November 27, 2007

Thank you so much Sirley and Dave for the wonderful support! Cheers and have a great evening :) #5139179

Sharon F. Morris November 28, 2007

Congrats Crystal on your win!! #5141066

Carol Teal November 28, 2007

Beautiful crop Crystal and WTG on your 2nd place win! #5141778

Crystal L. Craig November 28, 2007

Thank you soooo much Sharon and Carol! Truly appreciate your support and kudos :) #5142365

January 13, 2008

Gorgeous shot Crystal! #5332976

Crystal L. Craig January 14, 2008

Thank you very much Sarah for the very nice comment :) Truly appreciated! #5340582

Pierre Graffan January 16, 2008

Very good, so pleasant.
I especially like the light, and your choice to shift this eye in one side, and have the other side full of nothing, that is full of thought ;-)
Bravo! #5350270

Crystal L. Craig January 16, 2008

Thank you kindly Pierre for the very detailed and positive comment. Truly appreciated :) #5350486

Roger Fry January 25, 2008

Superb! The dark background just adds to the impact of the shot. #5397080

Crystal L. Craig January 27, 2008

Thank you very much Roger! Very much appreciate the encouragement :) #5405563

Dawn M. Schneider February 06, 2008

talk about windows to the soul!! this is fantastic!! #5452519

Crystal L. Craig February 06, 2008

Thank you again Dawn for the absolutely wonderfully encouraging comment! Truly appreciated :) #5453669

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