They Can't Take the Sky from Me

[brad]

Been working on this image off and on for a few days now... I think its ready to share.

[morthncds]

That's a great shot. I could imagine it in a magazine about Texas or ranchers or somewhere along those lines. Very nice.

[tukaniray]

Nice photo. Did that bird also fly in the moment you took it ... or did you merge 2 photos.

If you didn't merge ... great catch.

-Ray-

[groovyone]

Beauty

[tomdrink]

Very nice - what did you use for lighting?
TomD

[Photogdude]

I like the pose and the composition, but something looks unnatural. Hard to tell what it is on a small pic, maybe the color of the sky? not sure.

[jfoureyes]

The horizon ain't straight,but that may be what you wanted I don't know.

[brad]

Thanks, everyone.

Originally Posted by tukaniray

Nice photo. Did that bird also fly in the moment you took it ... or did you merge 2 photos.

If you didn't merge ... great catch.

The bird is added from another shot in my archives, yes.

Originally Posted by tomdrink

Very nice - what did you use for lighting?

This has a pair of off camera flashes on camera left to light the face and 5pm sunlight from camera right. Dropped the exposure a little to get the sky and the flashes fill in the rest.

Originally Posted by jfoureyes

The horizon ain't straight,but that may be what you wanted I don't know.

Actually the horizon is straight... what you're seeing that's playing tricks on you is a hill beyond that rises slightly from left to right. If you look just below that line, you can see the part he is standing on is flat and level.