Figure 1 – Horsewoman on the sand bar, Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2019.

I have been continuing to work on my Crane Beach images from Sunday. As the tide was receding, a sand bar developed, and a group of horse riders rode out on the sand. It was magical! Waves on both sides, just a lick of solid ground surrounded by water. The horses appeared to be having as much fun as the riders. Although one of the four horses I saw never went out on the bar, perhaps made nervous by the surrounding water. And with my 70-200 mm lens I was able to get several good images of them. The photograph of Figure 1 is so far my favorite. I have a few “riders in the mist photographs” that I still need to work up. I surprised myself here, when I decided that the image worked best in a soft sepia-toned black and white.

Canon T2i with EF70-200 mm f/4 USM lens and 200 mm, ISO 400, Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/1000th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.