This past week I visited the rugged and remote Pryor Mountains in southeastern Montana to photograph one of the nation's last wild horse herds with Spanish blood.
I only spent one full day with the horses but was lucky enough to get some amazing light the first evening. Earlier in the day I had scouted the area and found a band of horses in one of the subalpine meadows at approx 8,500ft. I tracked their movements throughout the day and when the sun sank low on the horizon I hiked out to the ridgeline where they were grazing and was able to capture some great silhouettes against the fiery sky.
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Techs:
Single Exposure, double processed
Nikon D300s
1/250 Sec. @ f/7.1
ISO 250
200mm
Comments
10 commentsWhile somewhat jealous, I'm so glad that's not the way it turned out for you! This is stunning sunset and a fantastic moment that come together to create a first-rate image. Wonderful comp, great techs, beautiful image. Absolutely love your watermark, too...very classy.
If I had to stretch for a possible improvement anywhere on this image, it would simply be wondering if the position of the horses could be shifted for an even stronger end result. Emphasis on wondering, because I don't have any sense that this can be improved on, but shifting them slightly left for their hindquarters to end up centered (equal space to the edge on both sides), or at least their muzzle contact being dead-center, would be interesting. It's conceivable a placement further to one side or the other could be very effective as well, but honestly this is solid as presented and I suspect moving the horses to the left or right would not me an improvement as much as simply a different look.
Two thumbs up to say the least!
Jagdeep Rajput