Featured in Scenes From Our Life (Response #35)

Featured 438 Days Ago by mtmartini - - 23 comments

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Ana said 438 days ago:

what a lucky way to spend a day. This is wonderful. it really gives off a feeling of trust and peace.

King said 438 days ago:

Gosh, how beautiful. I see a finger tracing out a T for Tracy (my guess). However, if the hand is that of the photographer, I wonder how this was taken--self timer?

I think I would have toned down that vertical highlight under the eye. High marks.

mtmartini said 438 days ago:

I didn't even see that highlight King, it is the buckle on her halter and now that I see it I would have eliminated it all together. It's funny the things we don't see in our own work sometimes that are so obvious to others. I used a remote.

mysight said 438 days ago:

I know you love this animal.
It is so clear to see.
Nice job.

kyla said 438 days ago:

Good image quality Tray. I like the cropping.

pursang said 438 days ago:

Aces for this image. A striking shot and it must not have been easy to keep him/her still. How did you get such a crisp image?

Hummingbird said 438 days ago:

Is that your horse?

pursang said 438 days ago:

btw, nice hand...

mtmartini said 438 days ago:

@Hummingbird - this is my 4 year old mare, Sage.

The image was not originally as sharp as it is now and I have a thread between VT and uncommondepth at Vazaar to thank for that. If you are interested here is the link:

http://www.vazaar.com/topic:light-and-shadows/responses/response:66/

bioLarzen said 438 days ago:

Love at first sight. I cannot give this one anything less than 25. Relevance probably high, any other aspect positively so.

Congrats. Guess it's on the front page in no time...

bioLarzen said 438 days ago:

Oh, it's you, Tracy! I recall your cowboy hat self portrait, just fits this one perfectly - not without reason, I presume :)))

bioLarzen said 438 days ago:

King, you've got perception so much sharper than mine... Like Tracy I didn't see that highlight part either...

zorilla said 438 days ago:

I'm not sure how relevant this is, but what a beautiful horse

mysight said 438 days ago:

zorilla,one day Tracy was petting her horse.
It is a scene from her day. I didn't know this
until I rated it.
I have given every person a 5 for relevance
because ANYTHING from their day is relevant.

mtmartini said 438 days ago:

There is a larger story here. Horses have always been in and out of my life, as has my passion for design and photography but this horse is particularly special to me because her dam was the first horse I broke and showed in competition over twenty years ago. When I moved back to the country after 10 years in the city this was the first foal I had had in years, and like children are to some people, horses are to me. So, metaphorically, this is my child.

As far as relevance, it is only relevant to each individual and their own experiences. This is just a small glimpse of my day, there are 4 other horses that need attention, clean stalls, feed, water.....:-)

mysight said 438 days ago:

Stacy for me anything with you and horses would be relevant.

mysight said 438 days ago:

And thanks for sharing about your horses.

pursang said 438 days ago:

Tracy, relevance is always in the eye of the beholder, except for this theme. Relevance is decided not by the viewer, but by the creator. Again, well done.

pursang said 438 days ago:

Ah, just before dozing off and I see you got featured Tracy. So well deserved! Congratulations.

mtmartini said 437 days ago:

Thank you everyone for the kind words and the feature, I'll give Sage a good brushing for her part. :-)

bioLarzen said 437 days ago:

Congrats, Tracy!

Hummingbird said 437 days ago:

Congrats Tracy!

mysight said 437 days ago:

Happy for you!
And Sage!

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