davidianhiggins

blacktoft pony

blacktoft pony

Four wild Konik ponies have been imported from Poland to the RSPB Blacktoft Sands reserve.These ponies graze the Humber wetland reserve creating a habitat mosai...
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Four wild Konik ponies have been imported from Poland to the RSPB Blacktoft Sands reserve.These ponies graze the Humber wetland reserve creating a habitat mosaic suitable for birds, invertebrates and small mammals. Konik ponies are a hardy, stocky, breed that are directly descended from the Tarpan, a wild horse driven to extinction in central Europe in the late 19th century (http:--www.rspb.org.uk-news-details.aspx?id=354574 - RSPB website).
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/4 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 500/1

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Jan, 2016

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Awards

People's Choice in Anything and everything horse! Photo Challenge

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+20

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+9

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Great we have the largest herd of wild Konick horses in Holland. I spend hours there and never tire of photographing them!

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Beautiful portrait, David! Great timing as his one eye looks out from behind that beautiful mane. Lovely shallow DOF too. Well done!

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Beautiful capture!!! :)

Great shot! Congrats.

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