Boys Will be Boys [Photography Contest Photoshop & Digital Darkroom]
Uploaded: August 09, 2007 06:16:21
Changed out a blah sky and painted with oils.
Duane Carter August 09, 2007
Beautiful work, great colors added!!! #710221Dominick M. Dimacale August 09, 2007
This is beautifully presented Karen...Dominick #4623494Stephanie Laird August 09, 2007
OMG Karen this is Spectacular! The colors are awesome and I love the texture of the painting! So beautiful! #4623495Jeff Robinson August 09, 2007
Outstanidng job with this Karen; it is Beautifully done! Jeff #4623543Karen Engelbreth August 09, 2007
Wonderful capture, Karen! #4623571Shelly L. Rauscher August 09, 2007
Gorgeous colors and texture Karen! #4623592Cyn Valentine August 09, 2007
Beautiful comp Karen..love that sky! I envy you ..you have horses LOL! #4623607Linda D. Lester August 09, 2007
Beautiful...love the BG! #4623681Karen Slagle August 09, 2007
Duane, Dominick, Stephanie, Jeff, Karen, Shelly, Cyn and Linda - Thank you everyone for all the terrific compliments. #4623752Sam Britt August 09, 2007
Beautiful horses. Great work on the colorful sky. #4623840Harold Jones August 09, 2007
Great Job! #4624084Carol Sawyer August 09, 2007
Beautiful colors and work, Karen! #4624919Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 09, 2007
Beautiful work, Karen!!!!!! Love the colors in the b/g!!!!! The horses are beautiful even if they are fighting!!!!! :-) k #4625230Holly Shao August 09, 2007
Really wonderful work and amazing sky colors, Karen! Beautiful!Holly #4625379
Mike D. Perez August 09, 2007
Great capture with beautiful background colors, Karen! #4625530Karen Slagle August 09, 2007
Samantha, Harold, Carol, Kitty, Holly and Mike - Thanks everyone for the super compliments. #4625841Nemil B. Chabebe August 09, 2007
So beautiful, very well done. #4625986Nancy L. Green August 09, 2007
Fantastic capture Karen, this is absolutely gorgeous my friend!! <>< #4626063Cassie L. Woodlee August 09, 2007
Absolutley BEAUTIFUL Karen, awesome work on this stunning sky!!!! #4626112Kathy L. Clark August 10, 2007
Karen this is beautiful. I love what you did to the background and the effects look awesome too. #4627935Karen Slagle August 10, 2007
Thanks so much Nemil, Nancy, Cassie and Kathy for all the wonderful comments. #4627987Lisa J. Boulden August 10, 2007
Beautiful, Karen. Really spectacular!!!At first, I didn't understand the title (I thought they were snuggling.), but after reading Kitty's comment and realizing that they're playing rough, I got it!
Keep up the great work, Karen. I always enjoy your images!
--Lisa #4628049
Karen Slagle August 10, 2007
Thank you for the compliments, Lisa. #4628387Kirsten Kiki Kjaer August 10, 2007
Absolutely wonderful capture of these two beauties, Karen. Superb lighting and colors and the bg colors are just awesome! #4630061Patrick Rouzes August 10, 2007
Wow, Karen!!! Exceptional choice of effects to top off this incredibly beautiful image!!! Incredibly excellent work here indeed!!! #4630479Karen Slagle August 11, 2007
Thanks alot Kirsten and Patrick. I appreciate your compliments. #4632214Lynn Haack August 11, 2007
Karen..this is so beautiful! I love the dreamy effect and the colors are stunning.....the angle is very interesting also. EXCELLENT! Lynn #4632552Karen Slagle August 11, 2007
Thank you Lynn. I had fun with this image. #4633472Sherry Karr Adkins August 11, 2007
Very nice, Karen. The effects are great. Well done! #4635093Karen Slagle August 12, 2007
Thank you Sherry. #4635955Steven E. Ray August 13, 2007
The sky work made this photo pop, although a couple beautiful horses can carry a photo pretty far :) Simply great work on this one Karen! #4639870William Moore August 13, 2007
i think the sky really completes the drama of the stallions fighting...you really feel the intensity..... #4640721Marilyn K. Lincecum August 14, 2007
Beautiful image, Karen and fantastic colors. Love it !! #4647425Emile Abbott August 17, 2007
Beautiful work on the sky as well as the composition, Karen. Well done. #4660763Karen Slagle August 18, 2007
Thanks for all the wonderful compliments Steven, William, Marilyn and Emile. #4666805Jill Odice August 23, 2007
OK Karen, my prediction for the day is that we will be seeing this one again! It's going into my favs too :-)WINNER! #4690822Karen Slagle August 24, 2007
Your comments please me to no end, Jill. I worked so hard on this and am always second guessing myself. I hope you are correct, but one never knows. Thank you for your vote of confidence..... #4692017Stephanie Laird September 21, 2007
Congrats Karen! This is so awesome!!!! #4820948Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 21, 2007
Congratulations!!! Very dramatic and beautiful Karen! #4822077Carla Metzler September 21, 2007
Congratulations, Karen! #4822313eileen bedford September 21, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist Karen........ #4822429Duane Carter September 21, 2007
Congratulations for your work on this beauty Karen!!! #4822431Jessica Jenney September 21, 2007
Congratulations, Karen on this beauty! #4823296Cyn Valentine September 21, 2007
Love it..congratulations Karen!! #4823558Lynn Haack September 21, 2007
Karen, A HUGE CONGRATS on this beautiful finalist...good luck on the next round! Lynn #4823701Holly Shao September 21, 2007
Congratulations on this very beautiful Finalist, Karen! Good luck!Holly #4823888
Karen Slagle September 21, 2007
Stephanie, Donna, Carla, Eileen, Duane, Jessica, Cyn, Lynn and Holly - Thank you everyone for all the compliments. I appreciate y'all... #4824339Sherry Karr Adkins September 21, 2007
Karen, congrats on your finalist. #4824610Lisa J. Boulden September 21, 2007
Karen,Carol Teal September 21, 2007
Beautiful Karen! Congrats on your finalist! #4825304Karen Slagle September 22, 2007
Thank you Sherry, Lisa and Carol. #4827216Robert R. Goodman September 22, 2007
Congratulations Karen. #4828586Karen Slagle September 22, 2007
Thank you Robert. #4829025Emile Abbott September 22, 2007
Loved it before and good luck in next round, Karen. Congrats #4829376Kay E. Mahoney September 22, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4829901Kathy L. Clark September 22, 2007
Karen congrats on this fabulous finalist and look forward to seeing it again. #4830202Nadya Johnson September 22, 2007
Congratulations Karen, on your superb finalist! #4830620Cassie L. Woodlee September 23, 2007
Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Karen!!!!!!! #4831766Mary Timman September 23, 2007
Beautiful colors and horses. Congratulations and good luck! #4831907Karen Slagle September 23, 2007
Emile, Kay, Kathy, Nadya, Cassie and Mary - Thanks everyone for all the very nice comments. I truly appreciate each and every one. #4832656Marilyn K. Lincecum September 24, 2007
Gorgeous Karen...love the colors and effects !!! Congratulationsa and good luck in the next round. #4837724Karen Slagle September 24, 2007
Thank you Marilyn, I appreciate your very kind thoughts... #4840347Karen Slagle September 26, 2007
Thank you Deborah, I appreciate your compliments. #4850371Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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