One morning in late November 2016 it was cold but … still not snowing. I got up early, which is easier at this time of the year (shorter days!). I drove around the country roads and came upon this farm. It is at the beginning of the road of Le petit Sabrevois. There were horses in this fenced field. The scenery was embellished by the sunrise and you could see the haze when the horses breathed. It was magical since the atmosphere was quiet.
I went to the side of the road with my lens 70-200 and zoomed at the maximum to make some pictures. By nature curious, the animals stopped and looked at me. Then, they resumed their routine of wandering around. At one point, one broke off and headed to my right. I worked my breathing to stabilize because I wanted a little bit of details in the horse and at the same time as a silhouette: opening at f/6.3, ISO 400 which brought me at a speed of 1/50th sec … Easy to miss when the zoom is at its maximum.
The guideline is to have a speed equivalent to that of the millimeter of the lens; ideally my speed should have been 1/200th sec. I believe I was as calm as the horses that morning!
