Originally posted by subsea Another great posed shot of a pony, I don't know how you get them to stand still for you... not that I'm complaining, mind you. You can never have too many ponies!
Ah, if only they would stand still and pose for even a moment, but they never do.
This one was done in my usual way: I saw the pony in a promising looking spot as I walked along, so I checked the light with my incident meter and set the exposure while I was 50 yards away so that I didn't have to worry about it anymore. Then I wandered along past the unsuspecting equine all casual-like, pretending not to even notice, and turned at the last moment to shoot. I got three frames before she realised what I was up to and walked away with a baleful glare.
It's a lot closer to street photography than landscape photography. Timing is everything.