The story behind the picture,

This will be a new feature, every so often, i’ll pick a picture and write a few words about how, why where, and when a picture was taken.

I’ll also try to explain why the picture has a special place in my collection.

Today i’ll talk about a picture that i took in 2009, in Kilshanny, county Clare. I call it ‘Familly Portrait’.

That day i had just got delivery of a brand new canon DSLR  , the EOS 450D.

With 12.5 megapixels, it is a good little camera, it was fitted with canons 18/55 mm lens, wich is the standard lens on that camera.

Looking for something to take a picture of, i spotted the horses in the field, at the back of my garden. It was literally a case of point and shoot (it sometimes work), no tricks involved , no extra gear. the light was just right, and the horses even looked like they were posing for me, that ‘s why i call it ‘familly portrait’.

About a month later, a competition held by the ‘Photoplus’ magasine UK edition, seemed like a great oportunity to see what other people would think about it. I was very surprised to see that it got selected and published as the monthly winner.