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George McGovern

(9,091 posts)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:49 AM Aug 26

Working title -- Horse and rider coming out of barn.

This image is one I took some thirty some years ago with my Nikon FA, whose matrix metering made many a photo better (I never did do so well with the center-weighted metering on my FE2).

That morning my wife and I were approaching a barn we'd not visited before. I saw the rider approaching and instinctively manually focused and clicked. You can tell the camera was not auto-focus 'cuz the image is slightly out of.

None the less this was the first time I shot a horse and rider and, I've always thought,
lucked out when the print looked like anything at all presentable.

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Working title -- Horse and rider coming out of barn. (Original Post) George McGovern Aug 26 OP
Very Nice Grey5 Aug 26 #1
Thank You Kindly Grey5. George McGovern Aug 26 #3
Everything always looks a little out of focus in a dream sequence. Bayard Aug 26 #2
Thanks Bayard. Yup. George McGovern Aug 26 #4
It's still a very nice photo Diamond_Dog Aug 26 #5
You always read so much from an image Diamond_DoG Thank You! George McGovern Aug 26 #7
eggscllent. i like the improvisation. AllaN01Bear Aug 26 #6
Thanks You AllaNO1Beat! George McGovern Aug 26 #8

Diamond_Dog

(38,308 posts)
5. It's still a very nice photo
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:26 AM
Aug 26

The sunlight shining on the horse and rider as they emerge from the dark barn. The horse turning jauntily turning his head as if to say “If you’re gonna take a picture, this is my best side”!

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