Equestrian daydreams

A blaze of light piercing the gloom and two horses in repose on a

sunlit grass bank made for an idyllic scenic in my opinion. Hope you

like it.

Interesting lit from the right. Like alse the colours and comp. WEll done.

Ian, fantastically moody - great saturation. Wonderfrul work as always. Kind Regards Paul...

Pretty! Nice composition and lighting.

Great light and subject interplays. You must've really had to move fast, from your comments. This kind of opportunity usually doesn't last very long.

Reflection of the light from the green grass gives a soul to this picture.

Ian you have captured the light extremely well - the variation in brigthness is stunning

Hi Ian,

 

Your pics a simply amazing and this one is just superb.. I love all the elements in this pic .. its awesome.

 

I think I recently saw some of your pics on Amature Photography edition (not sure if it is you.??)

 

Great going and keep up the great work

Great pic. The horses are well placed and I appreciate the way the left hand slopes and the richly illuminated band of grass both sweep down to them. Great sense of distance and of the open air yet produced in a way where the wonderful background does not compete with the horses but merely compliments them. Imagining the picture without the horses and I see a beautfiful view placed at risk owing to an overbearing foreground. The presence of the horses elevates the picture three fold and justifies the foreground's brilliance. An example of how natural colouring can outshine the super-saturated. Finally, I should like to think the bold gray mountain on the right contains some detail interest on the trannie and that the flatness seen here is simply a consequence of over zealous compression.

Yours is really an excellent image. I love this light and composition and color and moment and... all. Congratulations.

Best Regards.

Amazing shot!

Hi folks thank you again for your kind comments. It was a magical if transient moment and shows just how important light is for splashing colour back into a picture. Your quite right Herbert I confess I had a fungus feature in Amateur Photography.

Fortune, camera and a great hand.

Yahooooo you were there with your camera !!!! Bravo!!!

Breathtaking!

Very nice colors and light! Congrats

You are truly an amazing landscape photographer and I really do not have any expertise to add anything as a critique. However, something tells me I want to see more on the right hand side of the photograph. Do you have any other shot at the same location done with a 100 mm lens (50 mm equivalent in 35mm)? Just wondering about a slightly wider view, of course with the horses not centered.

Powerful, I like the more square format as well, it enhances the size of the mountains while the foreground light maintains the interest of the horses. Very Beautiful.

And you had the right film in the right camera. Everything seems to have come together for you on this shot. I like your statement about searching for a suitable foreground, something I too often neglect. I see the rewards of doing just that in this fine photo. Inspiring work.

Thank you all for your generous comments. Though the light was quite fleeting I managed to get a considerable number of versions of this shot, carelessly throwing down £500.00 lenses with reckless abandon as I moved closer and changed view point. Don't worry I will spare you the uploads.

Excellent - the horses really make the shot.

This is more than a great photo. It's a beautiful representation of the spirit of that great country, Scotland, and proof that the use of Velvia, an adequate filter and a medium format camera, with the sahrp eye of a good photographer behind give tremendous results. Congratulations, Ian.

BTW, from your family name I guess you are a true highlander. Any relation with the Lochiels?

Very nice landscape with a lighting which account for two characteristics of Scotland, the colours (in the foreground) and the bad weather (in the background).

paesaggio stupendo, colore, soggetto...

bravissimo ian!

I like the composition but the strongest points, IMO, are the colors and light.