Hungry Horse

I shot this in Devon UK in May this year. Its a horse eating grass

in a field from an insects perspective.

Great shot!!! love the perspective, the creativity, the brilliant colors and inward leaning angles (how in the world did you get both the "sun", and detail on the lower part of the horses face/head? Shouldn't that have been a silhouette?) Anyway, technical doubts aside, the only thing i find myself wishing for is that I'd have liked to see the horse facing me rather than facing the same way (make sense?)

Very funny and unusual perspective. You did a great job preserving the intense colours in back light. A nice summer-feel-good-picture :-)

PS is a wonderful thing. But still a fab image congrats?

Very unique. Were you lying under the horse???

When I saw this photo I knew that you are the guy who take the shot with that cute donkey. Original as usual, beautiful colors, good use of wide angle lens. I like the idea to take the shot from the grass- I've tried that too, but I did't get such great results. Very good work Patrick! Regards! Alin

Excellent composition.

How can people give originality a 3...I will never understand...This is a very original shot and great perspective. Keep your imagination flowing Chris

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Very good..original shooting angle.

 

Truly excepcional,

 

Beautiful and original. Nice work... great moment. Congratulations.

 

Regards. Agus_

Truly impressive!

amazing perspective.. and very creative composition.

So playful, original,funny,refreshing ! cheers Jana

Why don't you share some technical details?

Excellent shot.. very impressive framing !

amusing. Beautiful colour scheme! 7/7

vallery

that is simply fantastic. that's gotta be either a composite or the World's Calmest Horse© because if you've gotten on the ground near a horse, it flips them out. I like to see and try new perspectives on animals, and this is great. i can't think of a thing wrong with it

Howdiddydoit? My guess:

1) Set camera on self-timer, lay it on its back on the ground in front of horse.

2) Chimp result.

3) Repeat as necessary.

Probably still requires Worlds' Calmest Horse.

This one made me laugh. What a quirky angle? I think one of the strengths of this shot is the exposure. Tricky, shooting straight into the sun, and then getting the right amount of fill light on the horse. Nice and bright!

If you're familiar and comfortable with horses, you could acheive this by getting under the horse, setting the camera in the grass, getting your own head out of the way, and clicking while the animal comes up to inspect. Another image in Christopher Pethick's portfolio indicates a 10 mm lens among those at his disposal, so...

 

It sure is a peculiar shot, and well done--whether in the camera, or the digital darkroom.

Ah ah. Very funny and original shot!

Love the perspective and the colors. What lens did you use?

I don't mean this to be a criticism of Christopher's photography, which I think is excellent, but I have to say: This photograph makes the horse look stupid.

 

A couple other photos in his folder give me the same feeling. The recently posted giraffe, the portrait of the horse from Devon, UK, and the one aptly titled "Donk," all convey this same attitude.

 

Also, the emphasis on the whiskered muzzle imparts a sense of old age. In this picture (with the inclusion of the grass) age and stupidity together leave me feeling this animal has been put out to pasture because it's not good for anything else. The photography is impeccable, but I'm not so sure the message is all that positive....

Doug, I think his purpose is humor, in this case, at the expense of the horse--same with the "Donk" photo. Humor is good for the soul, and the animal doesn't get hurt one bit.

 

I loved this shot and many more in his, both his animal photography and object photographs. The simplicity of his compositions are absolutely top notch. I can't seem to make a simple photo like this man seemingly does with ease. I wish the elves would give us more with humor like this than those with either little expression or dourful feelings. Congratulations on being chosen, and I wouldn't change a thing on this near perfect image.

 

Willie the Cropper

Certainly we don't expect every image of a human to be archetypical of the entire species? Why does a photo of a horse have to convey the intelligence and strength of the entirety of horse-dom (if you get what I mean).

This image leads me to believe the photographer knows this horse, or it's just a really friendly (old) horse... t

Congratulation for chosen as POW. I agree that the strength of this photo is unusual angle and great exposure. but to me the biggest factor is simplicity, like others in his portfolio. I dont think he is trying to make this horse or other animals in his portfolio looks stupid, I just see that this photo is just come from the character of the photographer. That the way he's seeing the world. for Doug, Just take this as humor and I personally really love this photo. Best Regards, Erwin.