Wild Horse Week-Horses in Art and a Giveaway
Wild Horse Week-Horses in Art and a Giveaway
I hope you guys have enjoyed Wild Horse Week. I have had fun showing you the photos, and telling you some of the stories.
So what do I do with all these photos, other than show them to you? I have been processing like crazy for one thing. We are in work mode right now, getting geared up for winter art shows. We have some really cool art pieces in the works, many of them from horse photos.
I have also been adding photos to my Mary Hone Photography site, and Fine Art America. With Fine Art America there is so many cool things you can do with these photos. What great gift ideas.
For the art we are creating, the textured photos really add to the overall piece. It’s a lot of extra work, but it really takes a photo into the art realm.
Sometimes a photo is as perfect as it could ever be, right out of the camera.
Such was the case with this photo, Golden Light.
Sometimes they just pose so perfectly for you.
I love the black and white effect on some of the images. This cremello was perfect, the shadow of her mane, the lines it made, perfection.
My hope is the wild horses, will always be free and wild. That the BLM will stop the round ups, and putting these magnificent animals in jail. They deserve to be free, and to live their lives as only they can.
If you love these images, please visit Mary Hone Photography or Fine Art America.
And fun news from Fine Art America, for every purchase made in October, no matter what amount, you will receive a $100 gift certificate to NakedWines.com. Get the details here.
I promised you a giveaway, so here it is. The winner will be able to choose one wild horse image from this weeks blog posts, and I will print a 14 inch print. Not every image will print at exactly 11 x 14, cropping may occur depending on the image. Any square photo, will be 12 x 12. All entries must be from the US. So decide which is your favorite photo from this week, and let me know in a comment below. Then follow the giveaway widget instructions. Giveaway ends next Thursday at 11:00pm, and I will contact the winner by Friday.
I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO THERE!
Mary, please, please, please put my name in the GIVEAWAY pot!
Yikes, these are the most gorgeous horse photos I’ve ever seen. You are a master at this and have you thought about printing a book of your horse photos and experience in the wild with them? Honestly, you should. I have seen two gorgeous, oversized books on the horse that had great photos, and what I loved about both of them the most was the size of the books, so appropriate for a grand animal. BUT, your photos are far better than those photos. Honestly, I hope you consider publishing a large book of the horse.
Where do I even begin to tell you how these photos are so moving. I love post processing and I can see how much fun (and know how much time) it is. That perfect “golden moment” of the unprocessed photo is sublime and it’s like poetry: sometimes the muse just GIVES you a perfect moment that doesn’t need a lot of editing
THANK YOU for this wonderful week of the horse, my favorite animal in the world.
Anita, I have thought about a book. Right now, it’s a lack of time to get one together, and they can be spendy to do as well. It is something I would love to do though.
Well I hope one day you do. I would BUY IT!
This has been a great week of photos, love horses so much.
Hard to chose a favorite picture. I am very taken with that last photo you posted though, the mare with her yearling.
I’m glad you have enjoyed this week. And ya, that last photo is pretty cute.
Hello, your horse photos are all just beautiful. Lovely series. Happy weekend to you!
Each of your photos has something different that’s special about it; I’m always tempted to comment on the special qualities of each one, but then I’d be writing a novel here LOL. “Golden Light” is particularly striking. Love those mane shadows in the black and white closeup. I’m definitely entering the giveaway – if I lived in my dream cabin in Montana, I’d be plastering the walls with your photos.
Thanks tons. Those are both great choices for favorites.
Great job Mary. My pick is the sixth horse from the top, just above the two horses in profile who are about to kiss. Thanks again for the great photos you’ve posted.
Thanks Lew, I’m glad you have enjoyed them. It’s been a fun week.
Stunning series Mary! It is difficult to pick a favorite. I LOVE the black and white of the two horses, one is on his hind legs, the other has his rear to us.
Ya, I like that one too. I’m glad you have enjoyed the week.
You are so lucky and so talented to capture these wild creatures. The photos are truly fantastic!
So many great photos this week! I also hope the BLM will stop the roundups! The thought of these beautiful wild animals not being free is just heartbreaking!
It is heartbreaking, but sadly, The BLM will not leave them alone.
Love them all but my favorite is Angles of the Horse!
I like the color one of all the horses in a row.
these are just incredible, you are so talented!!!
Thanks Caren, I’m glad you like them.
If I lived in the US I would so enter your context just like THAT!
Instead, I shall admire your art from afar — they are all so beautiful!
What an incredible week of photos!! At first I liked the textured ones…then the clarity of the Golden Light is so amazing. Impossible to choose I think!
Ya, I can’t choose either.
beautifully done, Mary…you’ve taken them to the next level…:)JP
Thanks. I’m glad you like them.
My favorite is “Who’s in Charge?”
Love your horse series! Fantastic, Mary!
Thank you for the give away, wow!
Today I like the black and white #8 picture.
From this post, the picture right above your text “Sometimes they just pose so perfectly for you.”