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Joisey Livestock…

I had the great honor of going on a shoot Thanksgiving morning with my niece and nephew. They live in the northern most part of NJ where there are many small farms and livestock! Things that go moo! I was so excited when we came upon cows that I had the settings all wrong on my camera and over exposed a bunch of shots.

Here is one a kinda salvaged…it was a shame because these cows were ready for their close-up

When I finally recovered my wits I was able to capture this little guy…

and this

Then we hit the livestock jackpot…two horses close to a fence!

One was speckled and obviously a posing pro! Work it, work it.


And then my favorite this beautiful brown sweety.

I had so much fun playing P’dub for the day!

ETA: Sherweld is sharing more pearls of wisdom!

Hi Shrew
Since you seem to be a born again experimenter, here’s a link for a technique that simulates a Lensbaby camera lens. I sort of like it sometimes for certain effects, but like anything else, the effect (in my opinion) can be overdone. http://pissedpoetpics.com/tlerow2col2.html Once again I’ve messed with one of your nice pix for show and tell. However since your pic had already been “Ortonized” the change isn’t as dramatic. I guess the Lensbaby effect simulates more how a person sees things, that is focus in on an object, and the rest just blurs out.

Well with this new found technique…I had to try it out. Here is a shot from the same day…I think the lensbaby look really works well.

Thanks again, Sherweld!

shrewspeaks

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7 responses to “Joisey Livestock…”

  1. brc Avatar
    brc

    Cows and horses and barns in Joisey? Who knew?

    You must have had a blast. Looks like you recovered well from your exposure black-out. My favorite is the cow grazing with the red barn in the background… so bucolic. And the horse pics are great too!

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  2. shrewspeaks Avatar
    shrewspeaks

    So weird blownout cow is not your fav? 😉 The brown cow is sharp masked with the ortenizing process that our bud Sherweld shared with us.

    I love the color of the brown Horse.

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  3. jenfera Avatar
    jenfera

    I like the cow face close up. Very P-Dub! What great subjects! Too bad about the overexposed ones.

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  4. Renae Avatar
    Renae

    Our very own P’Dub! Your speckled horse model is more than likely an Appaloosa (just in case that was keeping anyone up at night). I love the B&W close up of him. You did an awesome job Shrew, of getting his face and nose in focus and his hind end still in the shot, off to the side. I think I would have liked to see his ears though. I also love the grazing cow.

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  5. ivoryhut Avatar
    ivoryhut

    Oooh. Very nice! Is this Sussex County? I especially like the speckled horse, and that black and white treatment really worked well. Some of these shots look like they could have been taken at an English countryside.

    One downfall of reading everything via a feed reader is that sometimes, I think I’ve already visited the site and commented when I really haven’t yet. So today I’m playing catch up but started from the most recent and went backward. Shrew, were you counting that cow shot as one of the three Ortonized shots you took? Because if so, then I amend my comment in your later post. Now I do see three Ortonized shots.

    I was just thinking that, for my personal preference, I think the Orton effect works best for landscapes and vistas that would look good as paintings. But the Lensbaby effect works best, I think, for portraits or even some macro shots where you really want to zero on in a specific subject.

    Off to investigate that link!

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  6. aimgel Avatar
    aimgel

    Wow I have to say those are lovely photos. I love horses.

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  7. Shrewspeaks Avatar
    Shrewspeaks

    Thank you Aimgel…I hope you have fun exploring our little photography community.

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