Today, my daughter Arielle and I went ATV'ing into the wilderness. At about 6km into the bush we came across a "wild" horse.

Of course we had to stop and feed him our lunch.

Here are the pictures.

Comments are appreciated. Scott

Last and best 1. Who would not hug a strange horse? Scott

I don't think I need to tell you - but there are problems with the lighting on the face.

PP can help - but not rectify.

You also posted in aRGB

Thanks Paul. I realized the lighter face but thought it emphasized the horse which kind of worked but I will go back and see what I can do with raw. Thanks for the warning on argb, I must have set it there by accident. Scott

Scott, I like the first and fourth best. However, may I suggest alternate crops with a few teaks:

It must have been difficult to drive away and leave an obviously domestic horse to its fate in the wild.

marty

Wow, Scott, what a lucky find!
Love the horse hug.
Since you had the 30D and not the 5DII, I'm curious why you didnt use a it of fill flash?
Fixed up nicely by Paul and Aunti Karen.

Scott

m. goodwin wrote:
It must have been difficult to drive away and leave an obviously domestic horse to its fate in the wild.

marty

Marty: Thats a good question I never thought about at the time. I am not familiar with horse because I grew up where the snow was too deep for horses. This horse has been out there for at least a month [I saw him and another in some trees far away weeks ago] and this area is where ranchers leave their cattle for the summer. It is also close to a first nation's reserve. This area is known as a spot where real wild horse live too. But my wife tells me know a wild horse would not let you hug it for an apple. So I presume it is very used to being on its own. There were no tattoos. I will ask the warden before the summer is out.

Auntipode: Thank you for the feedback. Although I still like my crop of horse/daughter hugging with the negative space and off centre, better. Maybe not. I will think about. Thanks Scott

Sbeme: Thanks for the feedback. I was using the 30d because I don't want to take my expensive camera on a dusty trail. You are right - I should have used a flash - but I was standing back about 200' because I expected the horse to bolt but apparently the apple's were sufficiently convincing. Thanks for the feedback. Plus I had contacts and then I need reading glasses in the bright sun to read the histogram - aging is not fun. The good thing about pictures with your children is you don't even notice the flaws in the picture. Thanks Scott