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Equine Portraits

Challenge #1 in the Equine Photographs series. Hosted by W Steffey.

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Portraits of horses, minis, donkeys, ponies, mules, zebras etc. featuring the head and neck. Wild or domesticated, any age, breed, sex.

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Announced:

Thursday, 19th September, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 26th September, 2013 – Wednesday, 2nd October, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 3rd October, 2013 – Wednesday, 9th October, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Minimal changes to the animal to clone out flies etc. OK, but no digital "plastic surgery".
Background may be cleaned up (poop removed, for example) and/or blurred or darkened, or replaced, but result must be secondary to portrait, and must appear to reasonably natural
No added background themes such as artificial fog, smoke, mist.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Domesticated horses may be bathed, clipped and groomed, or not.
No man made objects such as halters, bridles, leads, ribbons, bows.
No makeup, glitter, oil, or other artificial substances .
No visible people.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Horses in Amrum

by karmatic

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This photo was taken during my holiday in Amrum, a small island in the north sea. One of the horses has a clearly visible marks in the belly region. I have no idea what caused it butI thought it is worth noting.

Camera:	Canon EOS 600D (EOS Rebel T3i / EOS Kiss X5)
Lens:	Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Submitted:	Tuesday, 1st October, 2013 10:40 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 18th August, 2013
Focal length:	20 mm
Shutter speed:	0 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	100
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