Wild Horses

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 17, 2012373 views9 comments

In early December, I was fortunate to spend some quality time with a large band of wild horses in the Steen's Mountain Range of south-eastern Oregon. Near the end of the day this pair of handsome stalions appeared on a nearby ridge to check out the herd and me.

Canon MkIV, 100-400mm @235mm, 1/400, F8, ISO 640, Manual spot meter

All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated

Ken Archer

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Cristina Strudthof on January 17, 2012 at 7:12 PM

The beautiful golden light is a nice accent to equally beautiful subjects. Very nice shot.

Registered on January 14, 2011, 53 Posts, 363 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 17, 2012 at 7:14 PM

Beautiful horses and great light!
Very tough exposure, though - the brown horse looks great, but you have lost most of the detail in the blacks. A program like Viveeza (or it's free trial) would help reclaim some of that detail.
Sounds like a great experience!

Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Runco on January 17, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Cool shot Ken - the horses feel a bit cramped, but the light is nice.

Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments

Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on January 18, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Ken, this shows the horses well, the light is nice with the fall colors in the grass. I really like the tail position on the black paint. Nice one

Registered on January 30, 2007, 369 Posts, 852 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on January 18, 2012 at 11:04 AM

Very nice shot and two very beautiful animals. I really love the poses and the light is prime on these guys. It is probably just my monitor (which is not calibrated) but it looks like you could use a little more detail in the shadows especially on the horse on the right. Overall a really sweet shot!

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on January 18, 2012 at 11:30 PM

Beautiful looking horses Ken in some lovely golden light. I like it that there is no overlap between the two, that they are both turning their heads as well as the strong dynamic pose of the right horse. I do echo the suggestions to recover some more detail in the blacks of the right horse.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 20, 2012 at 7:00 AM

Both looking toward you, and I like pose RT best of the two.
I like the late light across the pair, but wish for detail in the blacks as previously stated.
Nice details, warm color, and I like the grasses FG as well.
Great shot as posted Ken, have a nice weekend

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Jess Lee on January 22, 2012 at 1:42 PM

Nice images, I really like the look on the face of the boy on the left!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 114 Posts, 929 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 25, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Thanks so much everyone for your comments. My time with this pair during the shoot was very short and I was more concerned about blowing out the highlights in this great light. You have convinced to take another look and try to bring out more detail in the blacks.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments