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White horses of the Camargue

This photograph was taken using a 24 - 70 mm lens set at 24 mm. One of the horses passed by me only a matter of inches apart....
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This photograph was taken using a 24 - 70 mm lens set at 24 mm. One of the horses passed by me only a matter of inches apart.
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NIKON D800

settings

Aperture f/11.0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/400

upload_date

Jun, 2014

Views

5602

Likes

+1.7k

Awards

Contest Finalist in Get Wet Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in The Right Place And Time Photo Contest

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Superb Composition

+336

Absolute Masterpiece

+214

Top Choice

+199

Peer Award

+176

Magnificent Capture

+68

Outstanding Creativity

+57

Superior Skill

+51

All Star

+28

Genius

One Of A Kind

Exceptional Contrast

Jaw Dropping

Virtuoso

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

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Animals

Excellent capture. Congratulations on being Featured.

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Amazing image ! Super catch ! Congrats !!!!

awesome, love it, congrats

Thrilling capture. Well deserved to be featured. Congrats!

Beautiful Capture. Congratulations.

Fabulous action capture. Congrats on the feature.

Stunning capture...congrats!

Magnificent shot! ;)

Masterpiece of artwork.. Excellent composition.!! Congrats on being featured.. :-)

what a shot..Congrats! ")

Excellent, beautiful! Love this!

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Awesome capture! Congrats on being featured!

Extraordinary shot, a great job.

Nice shot,

Fantastic capture- great movement

Very nice indeed!

Beautiful shot! I love the the expressions and reflections!

excellent photo congrats

Superb

i just wish you would have got the full reflection into the frame
other than that great work

Voted #1 on this one for you!! Stunning :)

Gorgeous shot! Wow!

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Nice timing on the crazy horses, very well taken shoot!

Most excellent!

Incredible capture. Congrats !!!

Photo is beautiful!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph was taken in the Camargue region of Southern France. This type of horse is a native of the area.

Time

This image was taken just before sunset. This image is a favourite of mine because of how close the horses came past me. I was kneeling down in the water to take this shot and watched the horses thundering towards me and feeling and hearing the pounding of the water as they got closer and closer. I was using a wide-angle lens, so if you look at the shot and think about the lens, you will quickly realise how close the horse on the left came past me, only a few inches between the stallion and my right shoulder.

Lighting

The low evening sunlight was perfect and I think it adds to the drama.

Equipment

This photograph was taken using my NIKON D800. The aperture was f11, the ISO was set to 400 because the light was fading. The shutter speed was 1/400th of a second and the photograph was taken hand-held.

Inspiration

I have always been fascinated by horses, their strength, grace and beauty just draws me to photograph them

Editing

This image is pretty much straight out of the camera. It just seemed to work well as it was.

In my camera bag

Whilst others seem to be moving to the CSC cameras, I am happy to stay with the heavier DSLR body and Lens configurations. I use a Nikon D810 body and D800 as back up. I favour the Nikon range of lenses and in particular the 70-200mm f2.8 VRII for most of my Horse shoots. The 85 mm f 1.8G is a great lens too and I use this for the closer portrait shots. I also have the 24 - 70 mm f2.8, the 18.0-35.0 mm f/3.5-4.5 wide angle lens and the recently new Nikon 200-500 mm f5.6

Feedback

I have been around horses as a rider and photographer for several years now, so i would recommend that anyone wanting to start horse photography look into going on one of the many equine safaris/workshops that are offered. Horses are unpredictable and can be easily spooked so being calm around them is essential. I don't use flash or portable studio lights, although others do. I have seen riders thrown off horses because someone has tried taking a picture and the flash has gone off. If visiting a local stables, talk to the horse owner about the horse's temperament. Don't leave your camera gear on the ground either, horses can trample on your kit and are very curious animals so will investigate. I have had to rescue my camera bag from a horse once who was just about to drag it away with its teeth.

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