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hrschwartz (228)
Tighter cropping per critique (original with entry door). I think the cropping makes it a stronger photo. I should probably work on the wood. Suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Horse at stables adjacent to Umstead State Park. I like the composition. I don't like the way the horse is being kept.
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hrschwartz (228)
Radial gradient
Edited by:joker Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 81 W: 17 N: 45] (889)
Hi Randy
Here I wanted to enhance the mood of loneliness much more and your picture had a great potential for this. First I cropped the picture (the original version) tighter in order to place the horse's head in the lower left point, made it as much straight as i could, enlarged. Then added the radial b/w fill gradient with Overlay blending mode to darken the corners. Then corrected the cool tint, levels, brightness/contrast, saturation. Burned some wood in the center, saturated the red ropes and horse's skin with sponge tool. Sharpened and added frame.
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hrschwartz (228)
Levels
Edited by:duckpond Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 43 W: 2 N: 26] (202)
Steps
1. Adjusted the Input level for the red channel, to remove the blue tinge.
2. Applied a slight unsharp mask.

Hope you like it?