Wild Stallion Striking a Pose
by Mike Lee
Title
Wild Stallion Striking a Pose
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
While my wife and I were driving along in the Smoke Creek Desert (Lassen County California) one May afternoon and got to a spot not far from the Nevada line, I said, “We’re getting into an area where I’ve seen burros quite a few times.”
I added, “I’ve never seen horses here though.”
A couple seconds later she pointed out in the distance and said, “what’s that?”
I looked and saw this handsome fella standing a bit off the road making a liar out of me. At that point, in late afternoon, the sun was very obscured by the thunderclouds that had formed overhead and he was quite far out there. However, a couple hours later in the evening when we came back through, the sky had cleared up and he was much closer to the road in nice golden hour light. I assume he is a young stallion that’s recently been “eighty sixed” from a herd by an older more dominate stallion as there was no sign of any other horses around. He definitely knew I was there and his testosterone had him debating whether to leave the area or come over and kick my head in for me. He opted to just stay about 80 yards away and occasionally snort at me between bites of grass as I stayed in the road and snapped some frames enjoying the safety buffer provided by 560 millimeters of focal length.
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May 23rd, 2023
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Angela Davies 12 Days Ago
What a handsome fellow and beautiful pose,he just glows, looks like some Morgan ancestry there. LF
Christopher James 12 Days Ago
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Robyn King 13 Days Ago
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Antonis Meintanis 15 Days Ago
Revisiting this Wonderful Great work !!!👍 fav👌Best and creative wishes !👌👌
Aleksandrs Drozdovs 15 Days Ago
A beautiful model with eyes that have seen it all.. So good wildlife photography,fav ! Nominating for Special Feature in 1000 views group!
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