Belinda and her horse Gecko
Shot in the lovely late afternoon light on Saturday afternoon at the Abbey Medieval Festival, Abbeystowe, Caboolture, Qld.
Ordinarily one would not shoot into the sun due to the flaring that occurs, but in this case, the rim lighting and yes, even the flaring was desired for the overall effect.
This may be Gecko's last Abbey Festival as next year another larger horse will be coming instead.
View all photos taken: Saturday, 10th July 2010, This photo: 4:22pm
Stunning light!
This is a great shot David, the backlight is just stunning!
Awesome work mate :-)
lovely, and I want that horse !
Gahh, great light. Love the low contrast here.
That's incredible David - what a scene.
Medieval shot!
Even in another time the quality of the photos is perfect!
Incredible shot! Your choice to shoot into the sun was spot on.
great capture!
love the light in this scene, fairylike!
Lovely light. Great shot.
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A lovely shot, great lighting.
And a beautiful horse!
lovely dave!
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wow! .. what a wonderful shot it is! .. awesome work!
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Wow Dave... backlighting has never looked this good before!! Pity about the slightly distracting background... as much as it helps to put this scene in context... I suspect that the image would be a little stronger without it.
Yep - nice light Dave. Very nice horse too.
Very medieval of you :-)
Great one! Yeah, next year if the yard's built I'm bringing Geordie. He's been to the Abbey once before, some people should have some shots of him already. Echo looks lovely though, and so does Bell.
Absolutely beautiful image.
Brilliant shot David. Even though you shot into the sun on purpose it adds that warming effect to the photo. :D
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Very nice shot
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The light with the shadows is beautiful and Gecko, and Belinda, are beautiful, too :)
wow..
A perfect capture of a beautiful moment.
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Beautiful lighting! The purple bin and the wristband/watch remind us what era this really is, otherwise it looks so old-world.
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Wow... amazing photo
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This is amazing! I just love the whole feel of this. Great work.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/44946121@N07] Sure was - very happy the sun made a late appearance.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/35721393@N03] Thanks Simon. Outdoor events can be a tough gig and you have to work with the conditions you're presented with, but then you get moments like this that make all the hard work worthwhile.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/33085391@N00] She's a noble steed Helen, lots of information over on her page (now linked in the write-up above).
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/spitefully] Thanks :)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff_francis] I need to do a couple of edits for the final image Geoff, see if I can remove the wheelie bin and the blue weekend pass wrist strap on Belinda, but I couldn't resist posting the nearly-out-of-camera version last night before crashing into bed.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/renanluna] Thanks! :)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/unrelatedpatterns] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaos80129] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardofonsecaphotography] Thanks!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/traceyjohns] Yes, she's a beautiful horse isn't she.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelsergent] Thanks Joel!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/labbernatcg] Well I'll be.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsppandey] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mentera] Thank you!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/panorama_paul] Thanks Paul. My main beef with the background are the non-period elements like the blue wheelie bin. I couldn't really open up the aperture any further without losing depth of field on the horse (not that the lens opens up any further anyway - f/2.8 is as wide as it goes with that one). I admit though, a similar shot with sparse trees but without the festival tents and people would also be lovely.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/suburbanvoodoo] Thanks Danny. One has to step back in time every now and then.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51955942@N07] If I look through my archive, I reckon I probably do.
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonleonard] I hope to remedy the bin and wrist-band when I have the time to do so ;-)
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So simple,so perfect.
It is really wonderful!!!
Fantastic! So warm.
Congrats on getting Explored.
Gorgeous!
How pretty!
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Fantastic shot!! Love it!
Fabulous! Such beautiful light and shadow! Awesome shot!!
Superbe éclairage et magnifique scène. Bravo!
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic pic
Lovely pic!
Gorgeous light and capture!
This is one of the greatest images i have ever seen.
I'm delighted, very much delighted.
Amazing lighting. Works spot on with this subject.
Surely this will be in explore?!
beautiful shot, amazing light
amazing capture ~ Congrats on being explored ~ ! ^_^
Yes, terrific lighting !
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its like going back in time
beautiful! I absolutely adore this shot!
Congrats on making the front page of Explore : )
amazing!
nicely done
I personally like backlighting--and you've done a good job here. Sentimental and sweet scene. ;-)
amazing Light.
Thanks everyone :)
Amazing shot
:O GAH
Very nice photo, congratulations.
Ghislain.
Beautiful light and shot!
GREAT shot!! Very interesting and very well done! Excellent work!
Very nice David....well seen....would have to make a very good B&W too
Makes me want to go to a festival now...
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unbeliveble shot.... pretty cool.
your photo stream is awsome.
Wow! This whole scene looks so surreal. Awesome.
lovely capture :D
that light is magical
David it really is a spectacular shot, that lighting is phenominal.
amazing!
so beautiful ...
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13989102@N04] Could do Nick, might check that out later.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/42495072@N00] 'twas a great time of day and the weather played along nicely.
Thanks everyone else, I'd reply individually but am quite pressed for time at the moment.
Amazing! Fantastic light and composition! :-)
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this is beautiful!