Wild Horse

Driving along a rural road on an Indian Reservation I spot him yet again. Every time I see this horse (in different areas of the reservation) he runs off. This time he stays and he even looks at the camera for me. For a moment I am frozen, I cannot believe he is staying there. You have no idea how many times I have tried to capture this horse with my camera. I am scared to breathe as I lift my camera. I am scared to move too quickly and find that I am holding my breathe as I take the picture.

After taking some pictures I just sat there watching this magical looking creature. I decided I should talk to him and thank him for letting me take his pretty picture (yeah I do this with bugs too that’s how I get the shots I do). Once again he did not run and appeared to be acknowledging my thanks. I start the truck back up and drove away absolutely enthralled with my experience.

I get home and start processing the images of my magical horse. I posted on a few forums to find out more about this magnificent creature. Apparently according to one equestrian expert they believe this to be an Appaloosa and what appears to be dirt is most likely spots/markings. According to this person when a wild Appaloosa can find a free regular meal they will stay in the general area. So maybe he and I will meet again soon.

About the post processing. Since this horse has the look of a magical horse (to me anyway) I wanted to add to the feel. First I processed the image to give it a dreamy feel then I overlayed a TTV (through the viewfinder) image over the horse and merged the images.

Like all my photography this image can be purchased at Etsy or 1000 markets