Shackleford Banks Horses

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 23, 2011102 views3 comments

On the outer banks of North Carolina, there are many wild horses whose history dates back some 200 years. They are managed once per year for health and breeding control, as you can see a brand on the flank of one horse in this image.

Canon 5Dii, 70-200mm w/1.4x at 280mm, f4, 1/800 sec, ISO 100

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 23, 2011 at 10:48 AM

I like the strong contrast and saturated colors. It would be nice not to have the tail of the right most horse cut off.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 25, 2011 at 4:31 PM

Hi Wick,

The colour and lighting here is very nice, and I like how the horses' attention is focused on something outside the frame (and how it leaves me wondering what it was). I share Mark's feeling that inclusion of the tail on the horse on the right would likely have improved the image - so I think here backing off a little on the zoom and loosening up the crop/framing would have been a good idea (this assumes the image shown is full frame or close to it).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Wick Smith on June 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM

I agree with the assessments on showing the horse's tail in the photo, but there was another, much less "photogenic" horse standing directly behind this set that I deliberately cropped out in the viewfinder when I took the shot. I used the extra frame to have room to the left for the horses to look into.

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