Riders by onewing

Riders

Thanks so much for the great response to yesterday's photo and for putting it on the PP.

I did want to try to emphasise the vastness of the area, but in one photo I don't think I could show just how huge the area is.

This particular beach and sand dunes stretch for 32 km from Birubi Beach at Anna Bay to Stockton in Newcastle. In places the dunes are over 30 metres high and 1 km wide.

Today's Friday people picture was also taken at Birubi on the same day as yesterday's photo.

As I was walking along I came across these two people who were exercising their horses. We got chatting about photography and the lady in the picture asked if I would take a photo of them with her phone and I agreed. I then asked if I could take a photo with my camera too.

She told me that this was the first time she had taken this particular newly acquired horse to the beach and that he was raring to go. I am sure that both horse and riders will be regular visitors in future.
great shot Babs
September 23rd, 2016  
That looks like the life!
September 23rd, 2016  
Looks like they having a great time riding their horses on the beach.
September 23rd, 2016  
Fab =fav!
September 23rd, 2016  
I would love people asking me to take their photos, I would ask them to make a face. Great bargain.
September 23rd, 2016  
What a lovely spot
September 23rd, 2016  
Great capture, Babs, you do have a 'way' with people happy for you to photograph them...
September 23rd, 2016  
What beautiful horses and such a nice place to ride. Cool that they wanted pictures taken. Nice that they approached you and you didn't have to approach them. I find asking strangers is very difficult for me.
September 23rd, 2016  
Beautiful capture and lovely story Babs, must be a fantastic place to ride your horse with out restriction and much traffic:)
September 23rd, 2016  
Terrific :)
September 23rd, 2016  
A very pleasing image, love the colours and composition :)
September 23rd, 2016  
Looks fin, lovely image
September 23rd, 2016  
Beautiful!
September 23rd, 2016  
Beautiful shot !
September 23rd, 2016  
Wonderful capture & love the story behind it. Is that a road of sorts between the logs?
September 23rd, 2016  
wonderful place to ride a horse.
September 23rd, 2016  
A really wonderful place to be able to ride.
September 23rd, 2016  
Wonderful shot. You've captured them perfectly. Your great skies are a bonus.
September 23rd, 2016  
nice shot
September 23rd, 2016  
Nice composition.
September 23rd, 2016  
A lovely capture :)
September 23rd, 2016  
Great composition!
September 23rd, 2016  
Lovely capture
September 23rd, 2016  
Lovely shot Babs. Such a wonderful place to exercise the horses
September 23rd, 2016  
Must be a wonderful run for horses along that massive beach, I'm even surprised you even happened to see someone else near enough to talk to!
September 23rd, 2016  
That's a really lovely shot Babs. It looks like a wonderful place.
September 23rd, 2016  
Nicely captured, I'm sure she woukd have been happy with your shot
September 23rd, 2016  
Lovely image... great smiles in a beautiful setting.
September 23rd, 2016  
Wonderful capture, composition
September 24th, 2016  
Wonderful
September 24th, 2016  
Beautiful capture
September 24th, 2016  
A lovely photo of riders & horses, and smiles all round.
September 24th, 2016  
Wonderful capture.
September 24th, 2016  
@happysnaps Thanks Valerie, these two were easy, they asked me to take a photo of them first.
September 24th, 2016  
@salza Thanks Sally. I think they are from a local riding school. I must find out and see if they are interested in a copy of my photos too.
September 24th, 2016  
@pcoulson Thanks Peter. It is a popular place for horse riding.
September 24th, 2016  
@leggzy Yes it is a sort of road for the horse trails.
September 24th, 2016  
@happypat I just happened to be walking up to the dunes when I spotted them and we got chatting. It is a popular place for horse trails.
September 24th, 2016  
What a lovely smile the rider on the right has! You capture people so well Babs, and such a beautiful setting too.
September 25th, 2016  
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