Horsepower
by Holly Ross
Title
Horsepower
Artist
Holly Ross
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The feral/wild horses of Shannon County, Missouri have captured the hearts of locals for almost a hundred years. Thought to be the descendants of horses turned out during the Great Depression, these horses have created strong family bands named for their geographic region: the Shawnee, the Broadfoot, the Rocky Creek, and the Round Springs herds. These two colts are from the Shawnee herd. The one with the spotted behind was born in 2017 - I have photos of him as a young guy in September of that year - and the other is probably just a couple of months younger.
On this day, in December 2018, these two were being their normally playful selves, and enjoying being young. As the snow began to fly that day, their play increased even more. It was my first time seeing them exhibit this behavior and it was like watching your own kids pass a milestone in life.
(c) Holly Ross Photography
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March 9th, 2019
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Comments (7)
Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, your artwork has been chosen for special feature gallery in Kingdom Animalia, you welcome to add your work there under discussion tab ! l/f/p
Dawn Currie
Holly, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.