Quote:

... Glad you pointed out about the horse being behind the vertical, ...


DeeDee I thought of this thread when I was looking at magazines the other day, and the thread today on showjumper closeups reminded me. The cover on a Dressage magazine this month is a very close closeup of a horse's lower face: no eyes or ears, just the lower cheek, nostrils, lips, wearing - yes - a dropped noseband! And not looking truly comfortable. Just underlining that there are no rights and wrongs, only the end-user's perception of what is wanted. I'm going to start putting a few of my "reject" shots into competitions and see how composition/lighting/focus stack with the judges opinion against what would be an animal's non-winning attitude from the rider's or dog-owner's perspective. (Camera Club-level comps, not the Nationals (yet)).

PC
www.sherbrookephotography.smugmug.com