Beautiful shots and a lot of good information in this thread. Have you ever tried a reflector on the shaded side to bring out some details in the shadowed areas? I have a big piece of cardboard with tin foil duct taped to it, but I've only had my camera equipment a few weeks and we've had nothing but dark skies and rain the whole time so I've not had the opportunity to practice with that yet. Just wondering how much of a difference that would make on a sunny day. I suppose it would be more difficult with horses, being a spookier species