Hi everyone-

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Anyway...today's image was shot at the July 4th Rodeo in Choteau, Montana. I decided to treat this image a bit differently than Friday's.

In the images posted to day I started in Lightroom and made some basic adjustments. After that I applied a preset that I like to use. When I was done there I brought the image to photoshop where I used the spot healing tool to clean up the image. I removed a lot of 'spots' and different elements in the image that I thought were distracting. I also removed a power line.

Recently I have been asked be several blog readers if I might do some tutorials about my techniques. I wanted to let everyone know that there are several currently in development and you should start to see them shortly. As soon as the details are worked out I will post more information on where you might find them.

I also would like to thank you guys for asking about the tutorials and for your continued comments on my work. It really does mean a lot to me to have your feedback. I am really feel honored that you guys like the images and techniques I use to ask me to show you how I create the images. So thank you, I really mean that.

Below is the raw file for this image.

Have a great day!