the loneliness of a horse

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Hi Lester...Beautiful lighting, composition, sky and silhouette.  I really love the mood and tones of this image. Deb

Great silhouette, the B & W really suits the image and accentuates that feeling of solitude. Whilst I love the shot as it is, I wonder if a vertical crop behind the horse would work as a portrait orientated version? I think it might have the benefit of the horse looking into the image rather than out of it too. Just a thought for your consideration.

Sincere Compliments

Alf

Great capture of the horse on the horizon Lester, congratulations!

Best regards!

PDE

Very nicely composed shot with nice B&W.

My best regards.

Kallol

Debra, Pierre & Kallol,

Thank you for your nice remarks.

Alf,

I had the same observations in fact I did a cropping as you described however I decided to just post the original to get feedbacks. Your thoughts merit consideration. Best regards.

Lester

A very nicely composed shot with beautiful lighting, Lester!

With best regards,

Ruud.

Excellent B&W, super sky, nice detail in foreground - like it a lot.

fantastic mix of shadow and highlights with wonderful detail in each!  I think that the horse is balanced very nicely in the composition.  Thanks for sharing!

-chris

Lester, I think your composition is great.  You have just enough detail in the foreground that prevents it from becoming a silhouette (in which case I would have suggested sacrificing some for a greater proportion of sky, although you can still consider this).  I have a similar photo with the horse (a donkey, actually) on the left looking into the photo.  But it has its head raised, and it presents a very different view and feeling than this photo.  With the horse's head down, and with the title you've give to the photo, I think it's very appropriate to break with the guideline and instead have the horse looking "out" of the photo.  Doing so increases its sense of isolation, of not belonging, or perhaps of "being on its way out" (literally or figuratively).  Very nicely done.

Stephen, now that you told me I think it makes sense to include more of the sky and clouds rather than the foreground. I really wanted to include more of the clouds since it provided a good mixture of bright white clouds and dark clouds and would have rendered the scene more dramatic. Thank you for your thoughts, much appreciated.

Lester

Excellent photo.