Cheap Thrills [Contest Staff Favorites September 2015]
Uploaded: July 17, 2011 03:13:59 | Entered: September 18, 2015 03:40:20
For only 50 Cents you too can ride a horse just like those Cowboys did in the Old West :-) (Found this in the Fort Worth Stockyards)
Canon 70-200L IS at 115mm. ISO 200, Mid-Morning, 1/125 @ f9.0, EC -1/3 Adjustments with PSE9 and Topaz Adjust (CA)
Exif: F Number: 9, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 115.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 50D
Mary K. Robison July 17, 2011
Wonderful find and capture, Jeff! Brings back great memories of childhood, where the only real horses we saw were on TV! Love the bright colors and sharp details (as opposed to de tail --- ouch!)! #1393686Mike Clime July 17, 2011
Cool and colorful find with great colors and textures, Jeff! Never seen one that looked this wild. #9535215Tammy M. Anderson July 17, 2011
Excelleny details, colors and comp. Jeff. Love this. #9535224Bojan Bencic July 17, 2011
Great find and capture, Jeff. So much fun in one machine. #9535254Bill Johnson July 17, 2011
Jeff, Well seen and well taken. #9535269Claudia Kuhn July 17, 2011
I love your title Jeff, made me smile... wonderful bold colors. Didn't know Texas horses were so colorful #9535339Avril Young July 17, 2011
terrific capture Jeff, the children sure do love to ride them...Beautiful.. #9535371Danny B. Head July 17, 2011
Nice treatment! #9535393Monnie Ryan July 17, 2011
Wouldn't quite satisfy me as much as the real thing, but no doubt the kiddies love it! Well done, cool capture, Jeff! #9535421Renata Gusciora July 17, 2011
Ha!:) Cute find and great capture with nice colors and details,Jeff!I like the composition too! #9535493Marcel J. Fernandez July 17, 2011
This ride has been around for a long time. I can remember trying to get money from my mom for a ride. Nice work, Jeff. #9535525frank w. degenhardt July 17, 2011
Fantastic and fun find my friend and the fact that you got the old wooden wall behind it to bring out the colors and details of the cheap ride is special. A gorgeous look at this ride that has been around as long as I can remember. Even had the thrill of being on a few of them rides. Gorgeous work my friend.Lorraine A. Cook July 17, 2011
Oh....the merry-go-round was one of my favorite rides, Jeff!!! Carousel horses are very popular among collectors. Many famous carousels (some still survive) have their roots in Philly, My Friend!!<:))GREAT FIND and a DELIGHTFUL 'BLAST from the PAST', Jeff!!<:)) #9535591
Patrick Rouzes July 17, 2011
Fantastic clarity, tones, clarity, subtle lighting & image here, Jeff! Wonderful "memory" image, indeed! #9535662Robert R. Goodman July 17, 2011
Hi Jeff,LOL!Sound like a bargin to me.Excellent capture,How I learned to ride a horse!!!! #9535664Nikki McDonald July 17, 2011
Terrific capture, Jeff, with great color and textures. Love the phonetic spelling of "quaters", too -- I can just hear the drawl LOL #9535686Jill Odice July 17, 2011
Love it! Great textures and this brings back memories of riding one of these when I was too little to ride a real horse :-) Love the sign ! #9535843Anita Hogue July 17, 2011
Now that's just my speed! A wonderful find and capture, Jeff! #9535865Tiia Vissak July 17, 2011
a cool image! #9536012Nancy L. Green July 17, 2011
I remember riding one of these things, as I recall, the cost was about a nickle!!! WONDERFUL find and capture my friend!! <>< #9536080Mike F. Anderson July 17, 2011
I like the extra saturation which not only makes it pop but adds a touch of nostagia! #9536086JO ANN CLEVELAND July 17, 2011
Great find Jeff, that's not one of those "wild" ones is it! loljo ann c. #9536121
Karen Engelbreth July 17, 2011
Cool find and capture, Jeff... #9536144John Connolly July 17, 2011
A great title for this colorful capture Jeff! It is a perfect background for this great find and capture! #9536147Barbara Waldoch July 17, 2011
Terrific capture of this wild ride, Jeff! :-) #9536465Michelle Alton July 17, 2011
Wonderful find and depiction, Jeff. #9536468Nadia Paul July 17, 2011
Beautiful colours and textures Jeff - a great find! #9536479David Phalen July 17, 2011
I remember those.:) Terrific find and capture with outstanding colors, textures and details!! #9536695Laura E. Swan July 17, 2011
HeeHee! I remember being on them and really needing my mom to watch the whole exciting event as she kept waving at me! Lol...This is really a fun image Jeff and since the BG fence looks B&W yet the horse is full blast color, the eye is even more interested to view this capture!
Great job!
-Laura :) #9536729
Robert K. Bemus July 17, 2011
Great find, colors and comp, Jeff!! Seems like it was cheaper the last time I rode one of these... #9536769Carol L. Fowler July 17, 2011
We used to have these in front of dime stores- they are all gone now! #9536775Ellen Hodges July 17, 2011
Great find and love the title, too, Jeff!! #9536836Rony Sagy July 17, 2011
beautiful work, Jeff. #9537018Jeff Robinson July 18, 2011
Thanks Everyone Very Much!! Jeff #9537232David M. Montero July 18, 2011
Used to cost me a dime. Inflation! Great find and capture Jeff! #9537922Emile Abbott July 18, 2011
He looks like a wild one not sure I could stay on. Excellent textures and color Jeff. Nice find. #9537956MELODIE C. ROBERTS July 18, 2011
LMAO at your title Jeff!What a sensational find
Great colors and details
Looks as though he is racing the wind #9538522
Shelly A. Van Camp July 18, 2011
Super capture and treatment, Jeff! #9538670Kirsten Kiki Kjaer July 19, 2011
Oh yeah, that looks really wild! HA!Jeff Robinson July 19, 2011
Thank You!! Jeff #9539469Mary Dimitriw July 19, 2011
Great find, colours, comp and details! Neato Jeff. #9539585Karen Slagle July 19, 2011
Love these old horses, Jeff. I used to drive my folks crazy to ride these when I was small... #9539778Jean-Pierre Ducondi July 19, 2011
Wonderful colors Jeff. Great subject.Jeff Robinson July 20, 2011
Thank You Mary, Karen and JP! Jeff #9541829Heather Loewenhardt July 20, 2011
Oh I do remember these and always asking my parents for change to ride them. You really brought this back to life with vivid colour and texture. #9542063Jeff Robinson July 20, 2011
Thanks Heather!! Jeff #9543047Stephen Zacker July 21, 2011
Like all the textures in the wood behind it. The colors in the horse really set this off #9545004Jeff Robinson July 22, 2011
Thank You Stephen! Jeff #9547071Kay Beausoleil July 27, 2011
A fun find, beautifully composed, Jeff! #9558187Jeff Robinson July 28, 2011
Thank You Kay! Jeff #9559208Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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