This guy looked nice but a little plain, all by himself, and I liked his warm colour. I decided to try giving him a little more interest with a few additional layers, instead of converting him to monochrome.
Used two textures of mine and photoshop Scratch Grunge brushes from www.photoshopbrushes.com for additional vignetting.

Featured in the group Simply Horses on November 29, 2009



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Comments
Sweet horse portrait!
Thank you Stephen! :-)
– Johanne Brunet
Welldone here Johanne..
Many thanks, John!
– Johanne Brunet
fantastic treatment of a beautiful portrait, johanne!
Thank you for your lovely comment, Nadine!
– Johanne Brunet
Excellent PP! You gave to that image softness. Beautiful result!
Thank you Carole! There was softness before PP, but in a much too smoth and bland way. Now there is softness with character! LOL!
– Johanne Brunet
Lovely post work Johanne!!
Thank you so much, my friend! And thank you for your positive vibes for today. It went well, and I should get the final answer on Monday, they said.
– Johanne Brunet
Excellent, Glad you textured instead of turning to mono. Great work !
Thank you Ric! Glad that you agree with my choice! :-)
– Johanne Brunet
Tres belle texture pour cette photo Johanne…
Merci Sylvain! J’aimais bien la teinte caramel de l’original, mais c’était un peu trop ton sur ton à mon goût.
– Johanne Brunet
Gorgeous shot and superb with the texture added
The warm textures of layer you added were perfect for this amber coat! A really great shot of this horse and it looks terrific framed!