Horse hooves
From Don Peters/ DPA instructor in Chicago
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Look down. In a horse barn in Charleston, S.C., I admired the head of a mighty Clysdale, waiting for his next turn to pull a tourist carriage through the city streets. His head was, well, a horse’s head—magnificent, but it didn’t strike me as a particularly compelling image. When shooting, I routinely “work the scene,” with my eyes prowling for the unobvious. Looking down in the stable, at once I noticed something striking….the beast’s lower, powerful legs…which, to me, were compelling. To me, the solid, gritty hooves of this mighty animal “told his story” more than his handsome head and fancy leather and silver livery. (Nikon D300 with 18-200mm Nikkor lens at 75mm, ISO 400, 1/250 at f/8)