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Icelandic Horses WC395
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Icelandic Horses WC395

by Scott Fricke

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted August 27, 2009536 views5 comments
We were driving down the Ring Road that runs around the perimeter of the island and I noticed way up ahead something totally blocking the road and heading towards us. As we got closer we saw an entire herd of around 50 horses being herded down the road to a new pasture. I stopped the car in the middle of the road and as the horses passed I was able to take a few shots. This was cropped on the bottom to eliminate the road and a little on the top to remove some gray sky.

Canon 1DSII, 17-40 lens

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 27, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Scott: Wonderful scene reminiscent of Rowell's horses in Patagonia shot. Very nicely done.>=))>
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Comment posted by Lynn Markarian on August 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Everything about this is wonderful Scott! :smile:
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Comment posted by Stan Rose on August 28, 2009 at 6:36 AM
Nice one, Scott! I also thought of Rowell's shot when i saw this--in fact if you mix the snow from my post with this one we pretty much have it covered :biggrin:
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 31, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Beautiful shot, SCott - congrats on the EP !

Sandy r
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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on September 2, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Congrats on the weekly pick, Scott! A cool photo indeed.
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