What’s Your Preference?

ZannieGirl49 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 08:49 PM

I saw this shot on the dashboard of my Tumblr blog. The Tumblr staff looks out for interesting things and posts what they find. This is not my shot, hence the link. It's an amazing shot and really left me wondering about the background story of it. There is nothing on the page except the image but I was wondering if anyone in the know about horses would like to hazard a guess. In my non-horse-person head I can't imagine why this man would walk his horse that far out. Was he planning to walk him across the sea? It also looks like it would be a bit scary for the animal.

Here it is, what do you think?

Sea Horse

#2 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 09:07 PM

Horses can swim you know.

~Eric

candidrachel · #3 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 09:08 PM

I've not idea as I hate horses but it looks to me that he was trying to ride the wave to enable him to surf onto the horses back. Looks pretty scary for the horse because surley the wave would wash over its head? Cool shot all the same.

ZannieGirl49 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by maxharvard

Horses can swim you know.

~Eric

I knew I could count on you for your helpful, completely non snarky insight.

I know that horses can swim, I've just never seen anyone drag a horse into a swell like that.

BEGM83 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 09:33 PM

if you google image 'horses in sea' you'll see pictures of loads going in on their own accord

equilution · #6 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 09:33 PM

Interesting shot. I'm sure no horses were harmed in the making of that shot!!

I've tried 1X before, but that site seems to be more geared toward PP to the nth degree. I've entered a couple contests there, but always seems to be a contest of who is better with Photoshop than a camera.

ZannieGirl49 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-01-2010, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BEGM83

if you google image 'horses in sea' you'll see pictures of loads going in on their own accord

I've seen horses in the ocean before.

What gets me about this shot is that the horse is facing the open ocean and the wave is about to break over his head. Also, the guy looks a little freaked out too.

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Originally Posted by equilution

Interesting shot. I'm sure no horses were harmed in the making of that shot!!

I've tried 1X before, but that site seems to be more geared toward PP to the nth degree. I've entered a couple contests there, but always seems to be a contest of who is better with Photoshop than a camera.

Funny you should say that because my friend (who has no interest in photography except for pointing and shooting her kids) kept telling me that the horse was fake and Photoshop was used to add it. I don't even own Photoshop but looking at the reins being partially underwater and the water around the horses body, it looks pretty real to me.