Pure-bred?
I'm no expert but from what I do know it does have the look of a pure bred Dartmoor Pony about it... ..and it was shot on Dartmoor!
I had to darken down the image a fair bit first and then emphasise those glorious textures in the mane and the musculature of its body.
To do get the emphasis I was after, I dodged the highlights and burned down the midtones a little. There were a couple of small distractions that had to go—some blades of grass that were reflecting the light too brightly in the foreground and a piece of bright litter behind its bum.
I hope you like the end result as much as I do :)
More to come so visit again soon!
comments / critique / feedback / tweets / buzzes always welcome :)
4 comments:
I do love the ponies. There is something timeless in a monochromatic photo. The Dartmoor ponies in your photos makes me think that wooly mammoths may suddenly appear over the horizon coming to graze with them.
What a vivid image you paint in my mind! It's made more real because I've seen and held the bones of mammoth in that general area.
Do a Google search on Joint Mitnor bone cave, Buckfastleigh, if you're interested.
Do you know if this is a mare in-foal? Beautiful photo. I love horses..spent most of my life working with them..training, breeding, racing. No animal quite like them..
You might be right, Carol, but I think that's just the shape the true Dartmoors' have. It was taken in Late July - too late to be in foal, yes?
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