Hola (or, Howdy) this Fine Morning!

After the first set of horses went by, I could see another rider in the distance so decided to wait. When he went by, he greeted us and even said he'd stop for a photo. The posed one was not nearly as interesting, to me, as this candid. He had such a classic look about him, and I liked the horse in action. First group is in my main album:
http://365project.org/taffy/365/2016-12-22

[Kevin Wallace]

Perfect color and detail! Stunning!

[gloria jones]

Fabulous light and clarity

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ah , the lone ranger !! beautifully lit by the morning sun , love the horse in motion ,sand dust and the head striving on !

[Kerri Michaels]

veryy cool..fav

[Sally Ings]

Lovely lighting and the dust relays the motion of the horse.

[vonski]

Super shot, love it

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful capture

[Lynda McG]

Gorgeous sky and tones - fav

[Richard Sayer]

The three-quarters back-lighting is perfect for this image - you've created a superb environmental portrait.

[Richard Brown]

Great image love the light and how you've got the dust conveying movement but still got the horse and rider sharp. Fav

[Dianne]

Lovely the way the dust shows up. A tired looking horse? I like the sense of movement.

[Pam Knowler]

Oh what a gorgeous candid shot!! Love the movement and what a fabulous face he has!! Thank you for sharing the warmth of Mexico with us!! Fav!

[sally agnew]

Gorgeous lighting, love the scuffing of dust :)

[Issi Bannerman]

Love this - the sand, the look on his face, the light. Perfect!

[Babs]

Love it, at first I thought this was snow and then I realized it is sand.

[Rosie Kind]

Fantastic candid with lovely light too - Fav

[Robert Barr]

Great shot. Tons of character.

[Emilie Cartoun]

Gosh it looks like a movie frame. Beautifully done.

[Junko Y]

LOVE this photo -- the morning sun, the look of the friendly rider, the beautiful horse, the beach -- it all comes together so nicely!

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful image, great light and sense of motion

[Tony]

Impressive composition and capture.

[Leslie]

wonderful capture

[Tom]

Wow this is fantastic. Love the golden morning light and shadow on the
man's face

[Jane Pittenger]

Yes, this has so much spirit and life to it

[Marnie]

Wonderful image, really captured the ambience so well. Can't say the horse looks very happy though.

[*lynn]

marvelous! fav

[Delwyn Barnett]

Great photo.

[Taffy]

@vignouse Thanks! I didn't know this was called three-quarter back lighting. The morning light here is quite lovely...even though it's hard to get up for it.

[Sue Hecker]

Wow, love the low sun and all those shadows. Wonderful feeling.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[petaqui]

So cool!

[Louise & Ken]

Que Bueno!!! Es fantastico! He indeed is a classic...couldn't be more perfect if he had been cast in this role! Even the horse...it's marvelous!

[Taffy]

@Weezilou Thanks Louise -- his face had so much character, I'm glad you feel this worked out. I wanted to do justice to him especially since he was so nice about being willing to stop and pose when he saw me snapping away.

[Louise & Ken]

@taffy 100% Authentic! You did him justice, and he's everything I love about these beautiful people!