Equine Join-Up

Challenge #3 in the The Company Of Animals series. Hosted by Patchandcrew.

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Show the bond between horse and human, the great Monty Roberts teaches non-abusive methods to attain true mutual trust and respect between horses and people, reflect this in your entries. Equine within this challenge`s context includes horses, ponies, donkeys and mules, of any size and age

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Announced:

Sunday, 29th August, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 5th September, 2010 – Saturday, 11th September, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 12th September, 2010 – Saturday, 18th September, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Entries can be black and white or colour ( but no sepia )
No special effects, no HDR, no borders/frames.
Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed.
No watermarks or any other identifying marks/text
No reference to the entrant`s ID in title or any other text option
If unsure on any of the rules please ask for clarification.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No images depicting animal abuse, suffering or death,
No rodeo images of any kind,
No images showing or even hinting at involvement of any activity designed to cause harm or fear to any animal
No equines being ridden or rig pulling, but tacked up is fine
Must include at least one person directly interacting with the equine/s
No nudity
Entries which do not adhere to the rules as written will be DQ`d
VOTERS :
0.5s should only be given on images of poor quality or for being outside the rules [ if I miss DQing any ].
If giving any 0.5s, reasons should be given, if you give it stand by it.
Voting on thumbnail is lazy and disrespectful, entrants deserve to have their images viewed properly.
Sandbagging / vote manipulation / spite voting - don`t even think of doing it !
Entrants : to confirm that you have read and understood the rules, your photo description must include the code "Join-Up rules understood"
Any entry which does not contain the above code will be disqualified.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Best friends

by mwfrost04

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Join-up rules understood.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF 7-200mm
Submitted:	Thursday, 9th September, 2010 15:39 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 13th June, 2010
Focal length:	80 mm
Shutter speed:	1/400 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	50
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Views:	793
Galleries:	View this photo in mwfrost04's gallery

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Total comments: 2

Thank you for the kind feedback :)

There were a lot of moments I captured that day, but this one shot probably went the furthest to show the bond between horse and rider.

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I love this photograph. It absolutely shows the love between this woman and the horse. Excellent.

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