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Thanks for looking. Comments and critiques welcomed.

Obviously you are a pro who I can learn from, but I can't add any advice. Nice shot.

Thank you Alton.

Very nice!!!

Excelente luz, color y encuadre , saludos,,,6/6

Nice capture Larry, seems my camera's never at hand when my "broncs" are playing. The Appy ads good color contrast and interest.

Thank you very much. :)

Saludos y muchas gracias Julio

I try to carry my camera with me if its at all possible. You just never know what you are going to encounter. It sometimes irritates my wife. Yesterday morning I had to drive her somewhere. It was a gray day with a lot of overcast. She asked why in the world I was taking my camera gear when the light was so lousy. I told her there was no such thing as bad light, just different opportunities. On the way back I saw these guys "playing" so I stopped and managed to get this. Like they say in that commercial "Don't leave home without it."

 

And I think you are right about the appy. Thanks for commenting. :)

Wow! I love this! Two little elements that really add to it for me are the white of the eye showing, and that wonderful curl in the tail!

Thank you Kim. These guys are in a herd of about 35 to 40 head that always winters near where I live. The owner was a little later than usual bringing them down from the high country this year. They will head back up come early March.

 

Its like seeing old friends. I have been photographing them kind of casually for a couple of years. Everytime they show up I can't wait to see my favorites. I plan to get serious and make a project out of photographing these guys this winter.

Hi Larry, your latest work has been spectacular as usual. The fact that you were able to catch this image is just great. Kudos to you for getting out there with you gear on days like these.

 

One gripe: I find the catchlight/white of the horse's eye to be somewhat distracting. It's a big enough area that it starts to come across as oversharpening. Just my two cents and I really do like the shot.

Thank you Jamie. I appreciate that. Even my wife likes this shot. (But she still won't apologize for chewing me out.)

 

Re the sharpening, The white spot you mention is not actually a catch light. The horse was all excited and wide eyed and thats the white of his eyeball showing above the pupil. (Its easier to see at a larger resolution.) To get rid of it I would have to clone the white out and I am not sure I could make the eye look right if I tried.

 

You don't see the white of a horses eye much unless the animal is really agitated. Both of these two were all of that. They were still periodically going at it this morning. It wasn't a constant battle but occasionally one of them would approach the other and they would tussle for a couple of minutes.

Larry,

sounds like a great project to do and this is a fine start. I thought the same thing about the appaloosa adding color and pattern to the shot.

We will watching for more submissions :-)

Thank you Leann.

What a great moment you captured here...excellent photo. If I had to nitpick, I would say that if you had panned down just slightly to give a tiny bit more room under the hooves it would have been composed better...but I know that it is tough shooting a moving subject like that.

 

Great job, I keep coming back to this photo as it continually draws my attention whenever I see the thumbnail. Best of the season to you.

Hello Larry.

 

This is a wonderful action shot. The white of the stallion's eye is a fabulous focus for your well timed shot.

 

Regards, Nick.

Thank you Clint. Thank you Nick. I want to wish you both the best of holiday seasons.

 

I agree with your comments about leaving more space at the bottom Clint. The thing is this is full frame with no cropping and there is none to be had. If I could shoot it again I would use about 5mm less focal length.

Hi Larry, that is really a nice and less common image of horse subject. They are accentuated on the winter surrounding.The white on the eye of the brown one and on his legs are imo connecting him colorwise better to the other one and the snow around.

 

I have finished reading, and even I knew it all along the way( that it is not the equipement...)It was nice to read! thanks for sending, and if you have more of him, I will be glad to get a link.

 

Happy holidays and new year, Pnina

ESTUPENDO MOMENTO EL CAPTADO , LA POSICION DE LOS CABALLOS HACE UNA GRAN COMPOSICION , TE FELICITO PҒ TU FOTO Y TE DESEO FELICIDADES PARA TI Y LOS TUYOS EN ESTAS FIESTAS , UN SALUDO

...is this dance of love?...in bad day....rycho

Thank you Pnina. I thought that was a really interesting article with a lot of truth in it. I am glad you enjoyed it.

 

Its been awhile since I really took a look Mr. Rockwells website. I'll take a look at it the next few days and if there is anything new and exciting I will copy it and email to you. I am curious as to why your browser won't access it. Ever time I have had that problem its always been because I disabled cookies or some such in my browser.

 

Happy Hanukah. :)

Gracias por el comentario reencarnacion. Feliz Navidad.

Thank you Ryszard. I don't think it was love. I think they were just feeling cranky and irritable.

 

Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year. :)

A wonderful capture. I would be proud to hang this one in my home. You are very talented, Larry.

 

Kat