Friendship is Universal (second version)

Johanne Brunet

Friendship is Universal (second version)

Friendship is the most astonishing, inspiring phenomenon!

It can sprout from anywhere, often between the most improbable candidates, and it unites beings from any world.

Friendship knows absolutely no boundaries!

After discussing it with a RB friend, I decided to try another version of this composite, using a different background (a photo of St-Lawrence river in my hometown). The background in the first version made the image look a bit too stiff and artificial, with shadows all in the wrong places.

What’s more, I had used the low resolution JPEG of the horse and dog in the first version, whereas I worked with the RAW file in the the second one.

Thank you George for your great advice and continuous support!

Here is the first version:

This is the original photo, as is, straight from the camera

Featured in the group Image Writing on July 30, 2009

Featured in Cats and Dogs on July 31, 2009

Featured in the group Dimensions on July 31, 2009

Finished in 5th position of Top Ten in the Best Buddies challenge of the Playful Photogenic Pets on September 25, 2009

Finished in 6th position of Top Ten in the 2 Animals Minimum challenge of the Paws N Claws group on October 22, 2009

  HORSES CALENDAR
If you are fond of horses, you will love
this 2010 calendar very much!.
It features 7 artworks already in my portfolio,
and 5 entirely new ones, never published before,
plus the cover composite which is also new.
     

Also available as a t-shirt

Friendship is Universal (second version) belongs to the following groups:

! 100% !, Bits and Pieces , Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Dimensions, Equine Art and Photography, Farms and Countryside, Images & Ideas, ImageWriting (2/24), Layered with Texture, Live, Love, Dream: May you have a Blessed Christmas Season , Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Playful Photogenic Animals, Rural Around The Globe, Safe Haven, Shameless Self-Promotion, Simply Horses, The true beauty, Two Beings Group and UN!TY Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

Friendship is Universal (second version) by Johanne Brunet
Friendship is Universal (second version) by Johanne Brunet
  • John Beamish

    John Beamish

    Wonderful image.

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you John! :-)

  • nadine henley

    nadine henley

    ah – interesting! I actually preferred the original to the previous version but now that you’ve opened up the area beneath the horse’s neck, I do prefer having the background in it. Such a gorgeous moment to capture

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you Nadine, I’m glad that you like the new version!

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Wow this is great Johanne! Love the view behind the friends! And the dog and horse are quite clear! Wonderful work!

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you Joanne! I think that besides improving the perspective, the tones are matched a little better in this version than in the first one.

  • John44

    John44

    Excellent post and VERY usefull info !
    We need that in RB
    Bravo Johanna
    John
    ps
    Apres deux semaine nous sommes a Montreal pour 14 joures

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you John! Let me know when you are here! :-)

  • imagic

    imagic

    Hi Johanne
    Great capture, very well seen, magnificent moment.
    Greetings
    Jens.

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you Jens! :-)

  • melbourneguy75

    melbourneguy75

    Lovely capture Johanne :)

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you David! :-)

  • Anne-Marie Bokslag
  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you so much for the feature, Anne-Marie, I really appreciate this!

  • Laurette Ruys

    Laurette Ruys

    beautiful image, I love this :)

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you Laurette!

  • Bekyy93

    Bekyy93

    nawww :P soooo cute!!! well done!

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you Bekyy! :-)

  • Adam Gormley

    Adam Gormley

    This is beautiful, so well done, and the layer work is fantastic!! Grats on your feature too, well deserved :)

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you very much Adam!

  • Barbara Burkhardt

    Barbara Burkhardt

    You are talented Jo, this is very well composed pic & script

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you for your kind words and for the fav, Barbara! :-) It’s really appreciated.

  • SandyK
  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you so much for featuring my work in Cats and Dogs, I am really grateful of the honour!

  • SimplyScene

    SimplyScene

    Superb image.

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you!

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    Aloha Johanne, congratulations on your feature today in Dimensions

    31 July 2009

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you so much Sharon, it’s deeply appreciated! :-)

  • Dragan Petrovic

    Dragan Petrovic

    Brilliant!

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you!

  • Blair Wainman

    Blair Wainman

    This is just awesome Johanne!! What an incredible capture!! I don’t know how I missed this shot!! Instant fave!!!!

  • Johanne Brunet replied

    Thank you Blair, and please don’t worry about it; it happens to me all the time. That feed scrolls down at an incredible speed! :-)

  • Raquel Perryman
  • Diane  Swarts

    Diane Swarts

    Love it!

  • Susanne Correa
  • RichImage

    RichImage 13 days ago

    What a wonderful image. great Capture…

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