Pony Portrait

[Christopher Miller]

This is one of the other two ponies at the farm where I work. I almost decided to get rid of this shot because it was quite underexposed, but hitting it with a few rounds of Shadow/Highlight and converting it to B&W worked wonders. I added three Shadowhouse textures and a tintype texture from here to finish it.

[Steve Adkins]

Outstanding, Christopher! Wonderful... everything! My favorite of yours.

[Hazel Grant]

from what you said, you turned "lemons into lemonade"-----love the technique. What is that white stripe thing coming over his forehead?

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks for the comments, Steve and Hazel!

Hazel, that stripe is a bunch of burrs that got caught in the pony's mane.

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, You did a great job with this one. The eye is clear and draws you in. Nice detail on the hair.

[Nancy Bell]

I really like the ponies you have been posting with your famous effect of textures! They all convey so much feeling.

[Julie Kenward]

He is too cute, Christopher! I have to ask...did you try to lighten the eye on the left at all? I'd love to see even more detail there if you could squeeze any out. Otherwise...super conversion to b&w! You know its good when you don't find yourself missing the color and I don't miss it at all here.

[Paul Lagasi]

Looks cold on the farm...nice textures and effects, like the closeup.....well done

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!

Jules, I'll try lightening that eye a bit.

[Hazel Grant]

I thought that might be some grass or something caught on him. Gives a nice texture to the photo anyway.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Beautiful capture and processing Christopher!

[Brendan Dozier]

Way to salvage image, Christopher, it really turned out very nice! Great looking pony, love B&W and textures. Nice work!

[Judy Howle]

Nice work on this one, good detail and I love the texture! It makes a great background for the pony.