Wild Stallion

[david cramer]

This young stallion was booted out of his birth band a year ago. He is now part of a stallion band, with four others.


D300 with 80-400mm @260mm, f/5.3, 1/3200, iso 640, ev -0.67

[Bill Bryant]

Beautiful animal, and great capture.

It wouldn't take too much effort to get rid of the shadow in the lower left corner. I find it a little distracting.

[Charles Glatzer]

David,

Wonderful image, as presented.

Best,

Chas

[Robert Amoruso]

Great looking presentation of the stallion. I also like the mesa behind him as it tells of the environment - looking like New Mexico to me.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi David,
Flowing mane, raised legs, and a mesa in the BG, doesn't get much better than this. Beautiful animal as well. I might try to brighten up the shadow a bit to lessen its impact. I'd be curious to see what this looks like with more mesa and sky but I like animal/landscape type images. Nice image.
Steve

[david cramer]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and comments. They are much appreciated.

[Alfred Forns]

This is an impressive image David !!

Love the horse and pose but the bg doesn't lag behind !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Noel Carboni]

You couldn't have defined a more becoming pose for this beautiful animal.

The dark spot in the lower-left leads the viewer to wonder what's around, as the image contents imply wide open spaces. That creates a bit of visual tension that IMO falls short of distraction, so it is good.

-Noel