Going Out Early in the Morning to See the Horses of Assateague Island

For the past couple of years part of my trips to Maryland have consisted of trying to see the elusive horses of Assateague Island. They really are beautiful creatures, but they also have a big island to roam. It seems though as if they congregate near the entrance early in the morning. I have had good luck going early to see the horses. This was a horse that I saw on my way into the park, but I was greedy. This horse was in a parking lot, and I wanted something that looked a little more wild. I struck out in my travels through the park so I hurried back to the parking lot hoping to see the horse again. He was there, and I found a good background that did not show the fact that I was shooting from my car across a parking lot. The beauty about the still image is the fact that you can trick the viewer a bit.

Selective Cropping

One reason that the horse was still there was a couple of female horses just off to the right of the camera. I had a nice shot framed up, and I made a couple exposures. The horse moved to a better background, and I made another exposure. What I didn’t notice was that the horse became a bit excited in between frames. I normally am not a fan of cropping anything other than sports photos, but this one needed cropped. Now that you know that part of the story you can imagine what the horse it thinking as he looks right at me.