Horse Ride @ Colosseo - Roma, Italy

Pympe, on August 4, 2007, said:

Ohlala!!! A couple of hours work? mask on, mask of...Very nice work Rafael!! almost 3D../Thomas

Wallace Rivera, on August 4, 2007, said:

Great work and nice theme! :)

Epi F.Villanueva, on August 4, 2007, said:

Me gusta, nice Epi

Rafael (Retrocool), on August 4, 2007, said:

Thank you Pympe, Wallace & Epi. This photo took me a long time to figure out because I did not enjoy the original color one at all.

I started to crop it, but it looked worse from the original. Finally, I ended up with this image and I feel it explained the photo the best.

Gracias ** Pympe, de Wallace y de Epi**. Esta foto me llevo un de largo plazo la figura hacia fuera porque no goce del color original uno.

Wallace Rivera, on August 4, 2007, said:

It pays off the extra hours for a an excelent photo. Great work! :)

Vasco Pires, on August 4, 2007, said:

Nice composition! the horse really pumps out from the rest of the photo

©Franco Truscello, on August 4, 2007, said:

Great work Rafael. An usual frame become a wonderful image. We can touch your passion in this work. Bravissimo!!! Ciao :)

Rafael (Retrocool), on August 5, 2007, said:

Wallace thanks a lot

Thank you Vasco, the original was not to impressive at all.

Badge, thank you for the compliment, very appreciative.

Ryan Calhoun, on August 6, 2007, said:

Great shot, and excellent work afterward! I know the feeling of having the background color spoil your idea. This one makes the horse look ready to step out of the screen.

Rafael (Retrocool), on August 6, 2007, said:

I have to admit, it did work out for the best after all the work I put into it! I like the photo more now and for me it was definitly more visually appealing and I am glad that other people enjot it as well.

Thank you

petercurry, on August 9, 2007, said:

very good picture!!

Stefanie, on August 21, 2007, said:

This is one of my favourites. I think the picture just looks like it has more to tell - not to overwhelming with all the colors that 'could' be there. I think I'll have to try something like that myself :-)

Rafael (Retrocool), on August 22, 2007, said:

Thank you Peter

Stefanie thank you as well. The original is not so good. Lots of hours into this photo of how to make it look good. So I thank you so much for liking it!

Rafael

Maskell Family, on August 26, 2007, said:

Nicely done, what package did you use.

Rafael (Retrocool), on August 26, 2007, said:

Thank you Maskeell, but what do you mean by "package"? If you are talking Photoshop, CS2!

www.einkauf.tk, on September 9, 2007, said:

Just perfect picture!!!

Rafael (Retrocool), on September 13, 2007, said:

Thank you nuhsarche I am glad you like it!

dick v., on September 26, 2007, said:

Hi Rafael, thanks again for visiting my collection and commenting it so kindly! Looking through your collection I get the impression that you are a multi-talented photographer. Your portraits are really great, but so are your urban photo's as well as your more experimental work. This one is really wonderful! The horse looks more vivid than it would have on a full colour picture, it's ready for action! Yellow star for this one! Greetings, Dick.

Rafael (Retrocool), on September 27, 2007, said:

Thank you so much with your comments dick. I am very appreciative of them.

I agree about this photo. The full color version was not even remotely impressive at all. To say the least, it was one of my least favorite photos I had taken.

Though, I kept looking at it until something clicked in my head and this was the end result of hours and hours of messing with it.

So again thank you for taking the time and looking through my photos and thank you for the comments as well!

eva.f, on September 28, 2007, said:

Great pic, Rafael!

Rafael (Retrocool), on September 28, 2007, said:

Thank you Eva.f. It has become one of my favorite pictures!

Sarah Graham, on October 30, 2007, said:

Rafael, it's really charming & vivid. Count me among one of the fans of this photo!

gna&thabeat, on October 30, 2007, said:

Great perspective shot and very nice work! Greetings from Barcelona! G&D.

HiV, on October 30, 2007, said:

молодец - хороший кадр !!

Rafael (Retrocool), on October 31, 2007, said:

Thank you sarah

gna&thabeat thank you as well. It was a photo that took lots of time to get it right

HiV :)

YBMW, on December 9, 2007, said:

I like the way you did this one. Apparently so did many others. Great photo!

Rafael (Retrocool), on December 15, 2007, said:

So many wonderful comments YBMW thank you much

A.Lebacq, on February 6, 2008, said:

Really good work . YS

Arthur

Rafael (Retrocool), on February 7, 2008, said:

thank you again a.lebacq

ShawnBaugh, on April 23, said:

Nice color setup.

Rafael (Retrocool), on April 23, said:

Thank you very much Shawn

mari11, on May 12, said:

LOVE IT!!

THANK YOU!!

KamranSikandarKHAN, on May 17, said:

Beautiful

Alan Knox, on May 25, said:

A stunning composition Rafael!

Alan

© Daniel, on July 2, said:

Fantastic image Rafael! YS!

Daniel

Rafael (Retrocool), on July 2, said:

Mari11, KamransikandarKHAN, Alan and Daniel, thank you so much for the comments...

Sorry it took a while to get back to some of you guys.. been busy with things back home.

Avelino Silva, on July 3, said:

Rafael, excellent composition of the color of the horse and the black and white. Extraordinary photo.

Greetings from Portugal, Avelino

www.MyGall.tk, on July 26, said:

wonderful picture!!!

greetings from Berlin Kreuzberg

Rafael (Retrocool), on July 26, said:

Surrealism thank you.. your work was great to see as well... hope to see more soon