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January's Pony
January's Pony
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Challenge: Life III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Cold Creek, Nevada
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2009

 Wild Mustangs live near where we go riding our ATV's - it's always a pleasure to see them and I'd bet somebody snatches this little guy up...how cute!

Well, I found out some more about the Wild Horses in Nevada: probably throughout the Southwest - every so often, the Bureau of Land Management rounds up 'X' number of horses and slaughters them. There is a huge public out-cry because of this, of course, in the favor of the horses. The BLM says it's for the horses best interest because they are starving. Well, when I see these Wild Horses, they are plenty healthy looking.

I have a friend that goes hunting, (Yes, I know many people don't agree with hunting) and he says the real reason the BLM hunts and kills the Wild Horses is because they eat all the vegetation and there is none left for the natural wild game: horses are not native American animals.

So, this is a sad situation no matter how one views it.

About the challenge: I found it totally ironic that two of the ribbon winners were photos of flies. Yes, they were awesome photos for sure! Flies carry disease and death to the living. How is that for sarcasm?!?!?!


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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 01/21/2009 07:50:29 PM
Very nice shot looks cold thick coat and ice
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
 01/19/2009 12:51:24 PM
i would love to have him, ive always wanted a mustang! expcially a bay one!
good shot.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 01/19/2009 11:23:49 AM
Brad.. this is a wonderful image and very well executed. It's a tough shot to capture and you've managed to do it extremely well. I often wonder if images like this will ever receive the attention they deserve.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/14/2009 10:57:07 PM
that is the cutest little pony i've ever seen! great background too, thats hard to get right when you have a moving animal. good job
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Nikon Coolpix L4
 01/14/2009 07:21:01 PM
cute
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 01/13/2009 05:14:12 PM
Very cute and fragile picture. The colours seem ever so slightly flat though.
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Pentax K-1
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 01/12/2009 02:37:40 PM
hard to get good shots in this overcast light... everything sorta blends.
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