horses picture

Hee Babe Something Sweet ?
0012 Konink horse naturepark "Meinderspark" Arnhem the Netherlands.

outtake
I shot literally a thousand images of the TPMU and this is one of my favourites just because it was such a flukey thing to catch both horse and rider with the same grin. It never fails to crack me up. This is a crop of a larger image so you get the full impact of that toothy grin.. And although the Sgt. in the picture could have chosen a more formal and more serious shot for his trading card, he ended up choosing this one, which for me says volumes about the unit and how human and down to earth they are and why I enjoy working with them so much. As an aside, each card back has stats about the horse and rider and each officer got to have a little quote at bottom of the card. If I remember correctly this one was "Always look on the bright side of life"... Monty Python..

What horses don't do: 2. Drink too much
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What horses don't do: 4. Speed-skate
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strange creature
this morning i had an encounter with this strange creature....

What horses don't do: 3. Pray
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Please - Just one more treat?
This is how Nimble begs for treats. Normally, she is a beautiful horse; but when begging, she looks more like a mule; especially when viewed through a wide angle lens..

Phew!!
How about some creative captions?? LOL.

HAPPY FURRY KISSING FRIDAY!!!!!!!!
Nathan and Hayke kissed me to thank for the fun ride on the beach!!!!!!.

outtake
I always find the outtakes infinitely more amusing than the actual shots. Toronto Police Mounted Unit training class had their graduation today. They were making sure their flags were unfurled properly for the class photo..

Snack Bar for Horses & Mules
Three frisky horses...at least one is a mule. They were next door to where I live, this morning. (0317mule&horsesintrailerpurplebags).

On horse transposition
The American Heritage Dictionary defines to transpose as "To put into a different place or order" (meaning 2). Would this photo reflect two transposition events, or is it better to consider it a single event in which both order and place are changed? (I'm thinking about buying a camera with a fixed 28 mm lens, the Sigma DP1 and thus I'm working on my cropping technique).