Somdutt Prasad  


Galloping horses by Somdutt Prasad

October 2025 - Galloping horses

October 2025 - Somdutt Prasad

Original

About the Image(s)

I went to the FIAP photomeet in Inner Mongolia in early September, a great experience but there were about 200 photographers photographing the same thing, difficult to get a good position to shoot and avoid "clutter" in the images. So here is my attempt at making something different. I think it was Ansel Adams who said "Photographs are not taken, they are made" (or something to that effect!) Most of the photography revolved around horses.

So I tried panning, this was taken at 1/30 sec, f/18 as it was bright daylight. The color image works fairly well (I think), a bit of an Ernst Haas like effect. But then I thought I would experiment to make something different, so duplicated the layer, converted to B&W and then changed the blend mode to "color burn". This created a dramatic effect, but brought some of the colour back. So I flattened the layers and converted again to B&W, ended up something which looks a bit over the top, but I like it, what do the others think?


2 comments posted




Stephen Levitas   Stephen Levitas
Yes, I like this result, keeping only the highlights. It is clearly a shot of horses in motion. But you did not have any good light on their legs, so there was no way I suppose to include their motion-blurred legs.   Posted: 10/07/2025 21:38:57



Wes Odell   Wes Odell
I've never seen a photograph like this and I like it very much. Horses' manes indicate the horses are moving (or the wind is blowing.)   Posted: 10/09/2025 02:42:50



 

Please log in to post a comment