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Wild Gower Pony

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Posted by Paul Rosser on February 28, 2010 at 4:54 AM
Wild Gower Pony
Morning everyone. I went to Gower yesterday, with the intention of 'shooting' some images of the wild ponies, after driving around for a while to find them, I finally came across a few. Then it started tp pour with rain, still they didn't seem to mind! This is one of the shots. All comments most welcome.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:

Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 150-500mm lens, hand held.

f5.6, 1/100sec ISO 100, @289mm.
Posted by Craig Nash on February 28, 2010 at 5:12 AM
Paul Lovely looking Pony. I do find the two out of focus brambles fairly distracting
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 28, 2010 at 5:16 AM
Nicely composed shot Paul - the OoF FG works a treat :wavey:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on February 28, 2010 at 5:39 AM
Nice atmosphere to this image Paul. The brambles do pull the eye but it still works.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by John Robinson on February 28, 2010 at 5:51 AM
Good stuff .
Used to holiday on there every year. Happy memories.
JohnR
Posted by Des Ong on February 28, 2010 at 7:48 AM
Certainly looks wild and rugged Paul.

Des :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Paul Rosser on February 28, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Decided to get rid of the OOF brambles! :wavey:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on February 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM
A lovely image Paul. Love both the subject and the setting. Prefer the second with the OOF brambles removed. Nice to see something different being posted.

See you Saturday. :wavey:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on February 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Second post for me Paul. Lovely pose and composition.
Posted by Craig Jones on February 28, 2010 at 1:43 PM
First for me,lovely portrait,and the weather adds a great deal of atmosphere to the image,lovely colours/detail in the pony :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on February 28, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Nice one Paul,

:toast:
Posted by Jeremy on February 28, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Cracking shot, and I like how you have framed the pony with the OOF foreground. Second post without the brambles for me, I think.
Out of interest, whereabouts on Gower was it taken? I'm there quite a bit.
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 1, 2010 at 3:36 PM
I also prefer the second image. Very atmospheric.
Rene de Heer