Golden Horse

Comments are, as always, appreciated.

That's one pretty horse and I love the setting and colors. Couple of things, I hate the treatment of the border and I'd love to be able to see the horse's eye.

i agree with Tony 100%. But i really like the shot. Would love to see different versions you have.

Ok, the border I could remove -- unfortunately, the wind at Assateague kept the mane firmly over his face -- until he turned and trotted off.

While it would be nice to see the horse's eye, even without it this is a pretty decent wildlife shot and in an interesting place. Good sense of setting and space. The border doesn't detract from it for me actually - I kind of like the effect it gives, rather than having this bound in a straight-edge regular border. In a perfect world, might have been able to shoot the animal from the other side, but sometimes you have to take them as you find them.

I can only agree with what's been said above. (In particular the border.) You say that it wasn't possible to get another shot without the mane covering his eye...before he trotted off.... I'd actually would have liked to see you challenge that a bit. You clearly have access to some amazing horses.... and IMHO this picture (as well as the two others I have seen in your folder) are quite static. IMO a picture doesn't need to (always) capture what the viewer is USED to see. It's interesting to feel entised and see something at the screen which your eye normally isn't used to be able to capture.

-The drop of water frozen in 1/8000 sec... the water painting the negative...slowly...the list could go on and on... :-))

My point is just that you have AMAZING possibilties with your motives.... and it's fun to experiment. I believe you would benefit of it! :-))) That being said..I actually have not tried myself to capture a horse while it was "still".... my only try so far has been when it was in motion. So I'll give it some try....check back for my contribution.

Looking forward to pop back to you every now and then. Best rgds, Ivar :-))

Hi all --

 

Thanks for your comments -- I do appreciate them. Perhaps I should clarify the circumstances under which this photo was composed and taken.

 

The pictures I took during a daytrip to Assateague are actually of wild horses, who are, as you can see, not terribly frightened by humans. That's a mixed blessing; while it is possible to get close, there is signage all over warning people that they have been known to bite and kick with little warning or provocation.

 

This one in particular was nervewracking to get, as I was probably no more than thirty yards from him. He had just walked up between me and his herd and stayed there, watching and nickering at me, long enough for me to get this shot -- sans tripod. though I have several shots of this particular horse, this was the best of them.