Horse
Uploaded: September 01, 2007 20:39:13
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
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. :)Crystal L. Craig September 03, 2007
Thank you so much Steve! Truly appreciate the encouragement and the huge compliment! #4742895Allison Gaulin September 04, 2007
INCREDIBLE, Crystal! The lighting and clarity are stunning! What an amazing animal- you have captured his soul!! #4747258Crystal 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" #4747271Cynthia 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! #4747538Jim 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. #4783636Crystal 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 :-) #4852660Amy 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! #4853888Crystal 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! #4879496Crystal 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. #4893201Aggie Villanueva October 07, 2007
Beautiful crop and clarity. It seems I'm looking right through his/her eye. #4893448Crystal L. Craig October 07, 2007
Thank you so much Aggie! Appreciate the encouragement :) #4893526Lisa J. Boulden October 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS Crystal!!!Crystal L. Craig October 24, 2007
Thank you Lisa! Yeah! #4974665Mike D. Perez October 24, 2007
Congratulations on your great equestrian Finalist, Crystal! #4975002Steve M. Harrington October 24, 2007
Good on you, Crystal! Plus ten on composition alone. I need my calculator for the rest. :)Vicki Zoller October 25, 2007
Congrats Crystal!!! What a shot! #4978108Daniella Puente October 25, 2007
Wonderful Crystal!!! amazing finalist, congrats :)))) #4979715Sharon F. Morris October 25, 2007
Congrats Crystal on your finalist. This is a great image. #4980413Sharon F. Morris October 25, 2007
Congrats Crystal on your finalist. This is a great image. #4980414Sam Britt October 25, 2007
Congratulations Crystal! #4980585Dianna Hauf October 25, 2007
A super heart felt congratulations Crystal!!! MUCH deserving and I hope to see you, Marta and Steve win, you know? #4980794Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas October 25, 2007
Big Congratulations Crystal!!,Karen K. Givens October 26, 2007
Congratulations Crystal. This is really beautiful the clarity and detail are amazing. #4987307Mike D. Perez October 26, 2007
Congratulations on your great Winner, Crystal! #4987340Dianna Hauf October 26, 2007
WTG, Crystal!!!! YES!!!! #4987356Crystal 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! #4987564Steve M. Harrington October 26, 2007
I am truly pleased for you, Crystal! Probably Grand Prize if you'd saturated it. :)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! #4987626Crystal L. Craig October 26, 2007
Mwwwa Steve! Thank you for the kudos :) #4987632Cynthia L. Deters October 26, 2007
Congrats on the well deserved win! You are an inspiration! #4988419Evy Johansen October 26, 2007
Congratulations on your wonderful win, Crystal!! #4988515Lisa J. Boulden October 26, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS, Crystal!!!Mary K. Robison October 27, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS on your win, Crystal! #4989059Donna W. Neal October 27, 2007
Congratulations on a well deserved Winner Crystal #4990000Cyn Valentine October 27, 2007
Awesome image Crystal..congratulations on this great winner! #4990112Dave Winchell October 27, 2007
Congratulations Crystal. I love the cropping and the DOF. Nicely done. Dave #4990686Crystal L. Craig October 27, 2007
Thank you very much Cynthia, Evy, Lisa, Mary, Donna, Cyn and Dave! Very much appreciate the support :) #4990690Ellen Powell October 27, 2007
This is gorgeous, Crystal. Really beautiful liquid eye. Great crop, lighting and dof. #4992613Denise M. Snyder October 28, 2007
Crystal this is an AMAZING image!!! Congratulations on your very well deserved WIN! #4996459Marta J. Baldwin October 28, 2007
WAY TO GO CRYSTAL!!! A HUGE CONGRATS ON THIS AWESOME WINNER!!! #4996664Crystal L. Craig October 28, 2007
Thank you so much Ellen, Denise and Marta! Very much appreciate the warm fuzzy comments! :) #4996771Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 28, 2007
Congratulations on your win Crystal!!! Great details!!! #4997316Crystal L. Craig October 29, 2007
Thank you so much Donna :) Truly appreciate the support! #5000592Sandra 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 :) #5007145Amanda D. Austwick 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. #5031761Crystal 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. #5032633Ellen 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)!! #5032679Crystal 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 :) #5032737Jennie Marie Schell November 14, 2007
Amazing detail and the eye looks like glass! Fantastic! Congratulations! #5074740Crystal L. Craig November 14, 2007
Thank you very much Jennie for the wonderfully encouraging comment and fabulous kudos! Greatly appreciated :)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 :) #5121234Shirley Sicurello November 26, 2007
Congrats Crystal - beautiful portrait of this horse. Well done! #5132000Dave Winchell November 27, 2007
Congratulations Crystal. A well deserved win on an outstanding capture! #5133421Crystal L. Craig November 27, 2007
Thank you so much Sirley and Dave for the wonderful support! Cheers and have a great evening :) #5139179Sharon F. Morris November 28, 2007
Congrats Crystal on your win!! #5141066Carol Teal November 28, 2007
Beautiful crop Crystal and WTG on your 2nd place win! #5141778Crystal L. Craig November 28, 2007
Thank you soooo much Sharon and Carol! Truly appreciate your support and kudos :) #5142365Crystal L. Craig January 14, 2008
Thank you very much Sarah for the very nice comment :) Truly appreciated! #5340582Pierre Graffan January 16, 2008
Very good, so pleasant.Crystal L. Craig January 16, 2008
Thank you kindly Pierre for the very detailed and positive comment. Truly appreciated :) #5350486Roger Fry January 25, 2008
Superb! The dark background just adds to the impact of the shot. #5397080Crystal L. Craig January 27, 2008
Thank you very much Roger! Very much appreciate the encouragement :) #5405563Dawn M. Schneider February 06, 2008
talk about windows to the soul!! this is fantastic!! #5452519Crystal L. Craig February 06, 2008
Thank you again Dawn for the absolutely wonderfully encouraging comment! Truly appreciated :) #5453669Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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