Wrangling the Horses At Sunrise
The wranglers are driving the horses from the stable at sunrise. The Golden Hour gives the scene a glow.
The wranglers are driving the horses from the stable at sunrise. The Golden Hour gives the scene a glow.
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Apr, 2017Views
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Awards
Contest Finalist in Moving Fast And Quick Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in People And Animals Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Strong Foregrounds Photo Contest
Peer Choice Award
Contest Finalist in A Horse And I Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Image Of The Month Photo Contest Vol 21
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Magnificent Capture
Outstanding Creativity
All Star
Genius
Superior Skill
Virtuoso
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Top 10 rankTop 10 rank week 1
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AnneDphotography
April 09, 2017
my favorite and you will do amazing with this capture ... its outstanding !
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Kazza60
April 12, 2017
and my favourite .. what's not to love .. action , dust, composition !!! Wow !!!
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lizziemellis
May 14, 2017
This is one of my favourites, reminds me of the old westerns.. fabulous shot:-)
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kathymuhle
June 05, 2017
Wow, you nailed it on this one - looks like he is coming right at you. Congratulations on your Finalist award!! :)
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carolcardillo
June 06, 2017
Yay, Kay! Congrats on being a Finalist with this beautiful shot! Very sharp
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Lesabre1954
August 04, 2017
Great shot! Excellent capture! Thanks for keeping the visions of the west alive .
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kathymuhle
August 04, 2017
Congratulations! Another Finalist win!! This one is certainly deserving of it and keeping fingers crossed that you'll come in a winner! Yea :)
UnkleFrank
August 04, 2017
Congratulations on a well deserved finalist award for the Horse and I contest. I truly hope this excellent capture takes the prize.
estercastillo08
August 11, 2017
Congratulations Finalist in A Horse and I Photo Contest, good luck !!
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UnkleFrank
January 11, 2018
Voted People at Work. Is it work or is it pure fun to be riding horseback? I wonder.
UnkleFrank
January 11, 2018
Three finalists and a Peer award, it doesn't get any better, unless it is a Royal Flush Win. My compliments Kay, you did good with this photo and a few more photos from your trip up to the cowboy country.
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kathymuhle
May 28, 2018
I just saw that you got another award for this photo in March! Wow - congratulations!!
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NatureLoverJJWal
September 19, 2018
Congratulations on your Finalist award in People and Animal Photo Contest!
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mttomimages
June 03, 2019
I read all about your background in getting this remarkable shot! Great story!
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KayBrewer
September 28, 2019
Thanks so much, Barbara. I hadn't noticed that, but I think you're right!
estercastillo08
October 02, 2019
Congratulations on your win. Contest Finalist in Moving Fast and Quick Photo Contest
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Behind The Lens
Location
Absaroka Ranch, WyomingTime
Sunrise Golden HourLighting
That beautiful Golden Hour Light just after sunrise set everything aglow, especially the dust, which was my primary goal in lighting.Equipment
Canon 5D Mk III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens. No tripod, flash, and just pure grit at having 40 or so horses galloping full speed toward you!Inspiration
I was at a photo workshop led by National Geographic photographer, Jay Dickman. Jay made sure we had plenty of exposure to herds of horses, having them run across the range, directly at us, rider or riderless. Mostly I put my camera on high burst, knowing that out of the hundreds of pictures I came home with, some would be excellent. I certainly consider this one of them. Be ready well ahead of time, have a long lens and camera hanging from one shoulder and a wide angle lens and camera hanging from the other. Set your camera shutter priority 1/500, and auto everything else (aperture, ISO, white balance), high burst. Shoot RAW only (vs RAW + JPEG) because you'll get higher bursts and less buffering. You won't have ANY time to check your shots and adjust anything. The whole shoot is over in less than 2 minutes and if you stop for even 2 seconds, you've missed a lot. The horses come roaring across in front of you and you better be ready. You have to stand brave and trust that the horses aren't going to trample you. In fact, the instructions were that if a horse was coming straight at you, raise both arms and yell HORSE, and they would theoretically know to veer. And above all, bring all the courage you have that the people directing the shoot and wrangling the horses know what they're doing. Jay was the director and he was superb. The riders were spectacular and certainly knew their jobs!Editing
Very little necessary. Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2017, Topaz Denoise/Detail, slight cropping because everything I shoot is crooked. Of course, I had a little reason to be crooked on this one since 40 or so horses were galloping towards me and I was switching between 2 cameras, one on each arm.In my camera bag
Canon 5D Mk III and 60D camera bodies, extra media, cleaning materials, tripod, polarizers for all lenses, neutral density filters of all strength for all lenses, 100-400mm, 16-35mm lens, 24-105mm lens, 100mm macro lens, all of them Canon L-series lenses. I change out the lenses I lug around based on what I'm shooting.Feedback
Set your camera shutter priority 1/500, and auto everything else (aperture, ISO, white balance), high burst. Shoot RAW only (vs RAW + JPEG) because you'll get higher bursts and less buffering. You won't have ANY time to check your shots and adjust anything AND there's so much dust, you do NOT want to open your camera at all. Make sure you've downloaded all your shots from the previous shot because you don't have time to stop and load new media. Things happen fast!! The whole shoot is over in less than 2 minutes and if you stop for even 2 seconds, you've missed a lot.
