myday #55 - Getting close to a beautiful horse

[myday]

Hello Steemians!

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I was in Albany, Western Australia and ventured into a rural cafe to get some coffee after a photography session. Next to the cafe they had some farm animals and this horse really wanted some attention! I just love the colour of the horse, which made me pull out my camera and take a photo.

Have you ever photographed a horse before? I personally find photographing these animals difficult due to the long shape of their faces. I always question myself about whether or not I should shoot in a vertical or horizontal orientation and what parts of the horse I should include.

In the end I decided to use a shallow depth of field to really focus on the eye. Fortunately the horse didn't move around to much and I was able to get this shot.

Canon EOS 1D MK III with EF85mm f1.2 - 1/2000 - f1.2 - ISO 50

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I'm Leigh, from Sydney Australia and through @steemit I'm seeing what its like to explore @myday. Not in any particular order, or particular time frame but just parts of @myday through my eyes and sometimes the cameras lens.

All photographs appearing in this post were captured by me.

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Comments

[chrissymchavez]

I like the focus on his/her eye! And yes that color is amazing.. that one strand of hair in the eye though..bothers me. Lol That's being nitpicky though, great quality and great shot! I like this better than I think a vertical shot would look

[myday]

Thanks @chrissymchavez

[apappel]

Thanks for sharing the adventure with us @myday

[myday]

No problem @apappel! Thanks for commenting :) :)

[tieuhong]

What an amazing adventure! Thank you so much @myday

[myday]

No problem @tieu

[faceofbear]

What a nice shot 😋
I've never really been around horses that much in my life so I don't have much experience shooting them. I did however run into some wild ones grazing on the rocky hillside in Orebić, Croatia. It was a lovely sight but also quite sad. There were so many flies feeding on the underside of their legs 😢

[myday]

Thanks for commenting and yes that is sad :(

[xxvjs]

Horses are such an entchanting creatures.

[myday]

Yes they are;

[markangeltrueman]

Nice picture, upvoted. You had the same idea as I did with this shot..

https://steemit.com/monochromemonday/@markangeltrueman/the-icelandic-horse

[myday]

Thanks for upvoting. I will check out your post

[ewkaw]

Love the ginger :D

[myday]

That's what I thought when I saw this beautiful horse!

[galarellan]

nice :)

[myday]

Thank you @galarellab

[cheeto.blue]

Your composition turned out quite good! Love the shallow DOF too 😁👍🏻
I posted some horse pics a few days ago with my son... Of you have time, check them out and let me know what you think 😁

[myday]

Thank you @cheeto.blue! I'll certainly check out your

[margojensen]

Such a beautiful animal, I think you captured the horse very well!

[myday]

Thank you @margojensen