Wild Horses + motion
by Barbara Graham
Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Gainesville, Florida. These horses are descendants of the horses brought to Florida by the Spaniards. Right now there are about 25 of them living in the 32.81 square miles of Payne's Prairie Preserve. They live completely on their own. Interestingly, the sign at the entrance of the park says to stay 20 feet away from alligators and 120 feet away from wild horses and bison. Sweetwater is at the very northern end of Payne's Prairie, and the horses are not often up that far.
10/28/2017, 9:00:09 AM
Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III @140mm
f/18, 1/200, ISO 800
Aperture Priority, Evaluative Metering
Imported into LR, processed in CC PS 2018, forgot to figure the size comparison, but probably about 80% of full frame.
I posted an unprocessed picture that included these horses in the forum. The colors they are in this processed image are the colors they actually were. The other horses, including the stallion, were black. These females and the colt are looking at the stallion, as they did a lot. He was quite nervous, as there were 3 people at 3 different locations, and he kept trotting back and forth on the trail. There was only one place they could cross the water into the woods, and that was the spot he stayed near. Once he did come down where I was taking this picture, and he came toward me, not running, but snorting a lot, so I backed up pretty quickly, and then he seemed okay.
I love how the colt looks, his fur all wild and thick.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Please see the larger version if possible. Thank youi!
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