Black Horse and Earth Shadow, White Mountains

2018-11-22 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Campito the Feral Horse, earth shadow, Equus ferus, Inyo National Forest, peak bagging, White Mountains

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This black horse has been here in the White Mountains for years, always solitary. It must be a hardy individual to be grazing at 10600 ft elevation at 24°F (18°F this morning). The approach range is about this distance—80 meters or so—no closer or he moves off.

Black Horse and Earth Shadow, White Mountains

f8 @ 1.0 sec, ISO 64; 2018-11-22 16:47:42
Hasselblad H6D-100C + Hasselblad HC 50mm f/3.5 II @ 33mm equiv (50mm)
ENV: White Mountain Road, altitude 10400 ft / 3170 m, 24°F / -4°C
black horse still there after so many years

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Earth Shadow Rises as Black Horse Grazes, October 2014s
Leica M Typ 240 + Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 Distagon @ f/1.4

This loner equus has ranged here with equanimity for at least four years, a robust individual given its nonchalant grazing at 10,500' elevation in early winter in a cold snowstorm! The mule deer have already descended into warmer valleys to the east where gentler conditions and richer pastures are found.

Lone Horse in Snowstorm

f6.3 @ 1/50 sec, ISO 100; 2015-11-27 15:58:24
Canon EOS 5DS R + Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M

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