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Thanks Manoo,your kind words are welcome. Its a she, 200mm @2.8,thats why the shallow DOF,eyes are sharp and the nose is not,I needed the backgroud Soft.

You have done a good job here Phil by keeping low depth of field, blurring out the back ground is the only way to high light the main subject. 'cause you focused centrally on her eyes , the length of her face gives that slight unfocused nose. I think that is hardly unnoticed.

Too kind Manoo,cheers.

Oh, you got me.. but believe me, i'm commenting NOT ONLY because i love horses and ride since i was 8 years old.. XD the photo itself is lovely.. really 0_o ))

Is that a WELSH horse? ..i'm already packing my things.. tell me the address, so i can book the ticket XD

She is very beautiful, and looks very gentle..)

I had 6 shots and then she ran away !!

And i tell you what.. she did the right thing :P if i were a horse and saw someone clicking the shutter in front of me i would run away definitely) well, unless this someone gave me lots of sugar.. hehe)

Fair point :) I shall carry sugar in my pocket from now on,or mints,another thing they like. !

Oh, tell me what they do NOT like) Portuguese horses love melon more than anything else..this one gets crazy when you bring a cup of coffee with you.. many years ago in Turkey i met a horse, who was mad with beer)

Haha,I dont blay them ! I suppose grass and hay gets a bit boring every day !! Maybe the Turkish horse was a party animal ! :)

Hehe) In Turkey the result was quite logical.. the trainer/manager of the stables never, in fact, dealt with horses)) he was a funny guy from Germany, who worked with sanitaryware, if i'm not mistaken.. one day all this made him tired, he took his motorbike and went to Turkey) and accidentally found a job in the stables XD so the horses were very.. humanlike))

How hilarious !! so you have travelled quite a lot? Always conected with Horses? :)

Well, how to say..) of course everywhere i go, i try to organise stables near my hotel =)

and i would have travelled much more, if i didn't go to Portugal for the last 11 years =)

but yes) to my mind i've travelled a lot)

and how about you?)

yes i've travelled quite a lot,I think Patagonia was my highlight.(you would have loved the Gouchos,camping under the moonlight !!)Yes Jerez was awesome to.

=)

but not Russia,yet ! I'd love to experience the Trans Siberian train, imagine the pictures !!

So what are you waiting for?))) And i'm dreaming of Wales and Scotland.. seriously))

I shall make a list of stables in Wales for you,and hotels nearby ! :)

Oh yes please.. that would be great XD

nice portrait of this horse.