Submitter's name:	Marc Simon
Title:	A horse with no name
Gear used:	E1 Zuiko Digital 50~200 at 137 mm (equ.274mm in 24x36)
Diaphragm:	f/4
Shutter speed:	1/1000
Film used:	ISO speed 100
Technical information:	Raw file "computed" in Olympus Viewer
Subject information:	I was on one of my usual walk around the countryside, and for an unknown reason this horse begin to run... No time for thinking, or even to zoom at the maximum focal...in a second, I made this picture as he was running in the dust, it looks so powerful...
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Excellent shot! It could perhaps have done with a little bit tighter zooming, but the shot is great, very well done!

Comment left by: Johann (no e-mail specified)

One starts wondering what happened to the rider. Good shot!

Comment left by: Chris (no e-mail specified)

Well done! What happened to the photographer ...?

Comment left by: Russ Butler (rbinnj@verizon.net)

Awesome shot! Tell us more.

Comment left by: Mike (usher99@aol.com)

Nice capture. Can almost feel the concussion from his trot. Looks like a powerful draft with large bones/feathering---probably a bay roan. Sometimes these guys are so big that few saddles fit. Well done.

Comment left by: Bob Whitmire (bwhitmire@adelphia.net)

Powerful shot. Caught me right away. Good work.

Comment left by: Wiliam (wiliam@orange.nl)

Really powerfull shot. I don't mind that it isn't cropped closer. Is it a Belgian or Zeeuws trekpaard?

Comment left by: jafsc (no e-mail specified)

Strong! Powerful shot and just at time...Wonderful moment of force and freedom.

Comment left by: Graeme Pow (no e-mail specified)

By jings! I could almost feel a fight-or-flight response when I saw this shot as that horse is heading towards you at quite a rate. It's got a real sense of movement and drama.

Comment left by: marc simon (no e-mail specified)

more details now than the anonymity is lifted: Wiliam is right, it's a "Belgian draught horse", not sure if it's a "Brabançon" or an "Ardennais"... a Stalion...which could explain the impression of power. As I said, I made the picture as soon as I saw it, I made a second picture closer (zoom at 169mm eq:338mm) 2 seconds latter, but he was "out of the dirt" and I find this image less powerful and one second latter he have stopped his run you could see the whole sequence at: http://gallery120749.fotopic.net/c1302835.html thanks for the kind comments

Comment left by: Donald (d1956m198d@blueyonder.co.uk)

Great shot of a fine animal, Marc. You gotta love big horses...

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