A Dolomitian horse

I wanted to get the colors right, because the light was fantastic...

I wish you could have fill flashed the horse, he is a little underexposed for me.

The colors of the horse, the surface of the water, the grass all seem about perfect to me. I'd happily put this on my wall!

 

(Whether or not the horse looks too dark is probably a matter both of taste and of monitor gamma; the hazards of Web viewing...)

Horse, water and grass are great!

 

It seems incomplete with the horse's nose hidden behind the grass. Did you get any shots right when the horse lifted its nose just above the grass, or would the motion have blurred the shot at the shutter speed you were using? Also, I like the general scenery behind the horse so I wonder what a wider shot with more that background would look like.

 

I've waited and waited (I know it sound silly) but the horse would not lift it's head! I also felt that the picture would be more "complete" when the horse is in full view.

A wider lense? Yes. That would have been intereseting. Thanks for the kind words!

---I was from the group that would say, "Wait till it lifted it's head to get the complete horse." Whistling may have caused it to raise its head and look toward you?