Riding Hard V.3 (previous versions below)

Please comment on this horse race photo. Best viewed large.

Powerful shot. Shows the frenzie of the race in the horses and the determination in the jockeys. I would like to see the darks brought up a little. I think it would add greatly to the image. Nice capture.

Great colours and action

Thanks for the comments. Sam: I made the adjustment as suggested. For other viewers, the previous version looked like this ...

Christian, I'm a little confused... which one is the "improved/updated" version? to me there is no comparison that the one you uploaded with your last comment is 100 times better then the picture you have uploaded for rating... ( on my monitor i can see all the shades of gray, so i don't think that's the problem...) the bottom of the rated picture seems like it was over-brightend by alot, particulaly at the bottom half. it also seems like some saturation was lost. the picture just doesn't pop like it does in the your comment upload.

Roy - thanks for the comment. The newer version is the one up for rating. The brighter one. Looking at both, I personally also prefer the darker, but people usually prefer the lighter, for a better view of the horses muscles. So for now, I will leave both. Thanks for the grey tones. I can see all of them on my monitor as well, distinctly different.

hmmm... I see.

well, I still like the darker version much better. maybe something in between? good luck.

 

Roy - newest version is something in the middle. For everyone else, previous (over-bright) version (V. 2) looked like this ...