I think his neck looks short, but he’s not terrible. He’s leggy!
New Conformation Photos
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I mean, he looks fine, more or less. He's not flashy and he's not so well put together that I think "wow" - but he's not so unbalanced or ugly that I cringe.
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I've seen other pictures of him where he looks like a tank so I think it's just this one shot.
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I guess those Photoshop-obsessed farms don't care if anyone who looks at these outlined "conformation" photos assumes that there was some "editing" during outlining to flatter the horse's appearance.
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I hate the white background formation pics as much as anyone. I would hope that most breeders actually go out or have someone that knows conformation go out and look at the stallion before breeding their mare to him. I think the conformation pics are just more an "idea" of what the horse looks like. Of course most farms do have walking videos up as well.
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Well, the truth is that you really can't see a horse's full conformation even in the best photographs. A still photo, by definition, is a flat one-dimensional image. So yes, a conformation photo can only ever be an idea of what a horse looks like live. Unless there is an obvious fault, I don't take conformation photos seriously and only view them as providing an overall impression, nothing more.Flanders wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:14 pm I hate the white background formation pics as much as anyone. I would hope that most breeders actually go out or have someone that knows conformation go out and look at the stallion before breeding their mare to him. I think the conformation pics are just more an "idea" of what the horse looks like. Of course most farms do have walking videos up as well.
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I'm still a bit shocked he's that trim and weedy a year into retirement and a breeding season under his belt.... at Claiborne. Even more so given that sire line.
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I don't know what to say really.... Its amazing that they got all their stallions to stand at the exact same spot, with the exact same lighting conditions, and not enough a leaf moved in the background.
Why do stud farms do this? Its no different than the solid white background but I find the stamping onto a background somehow worse? Comparing the stallions and the background (since they are all on it) makes the one look like TINY and some of the others MASSIVE.
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Mondialiste still manages to look lovely, outlining and all.