STORY / 03 · Animals / Outdoors

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Sometimes the world comes closer

Nederwetten · NL · 08.10.2026

They noticed me first. One by one, they gathered by the fence, looking straight at me. I took a few photographs, then reached out to stroke them. And the longer I stayed, the better I felt. These horses recharged my batteries.

Three horses stand shoulder to shoulder at a wooden fence, facing the camera in warm evening light. — 1/125 s · f/4 · ISO 320 · 60 mm · 0 EV

A row of horses behind a wooden fence faces the camera. — 1/20 s · f/4 · ISO 100 · 24 mm · +1.0 EV — I wanted a shot from the side, and they all looked straight ahead, as one.

The solitary old brick tower stands against a pale blue evening sky, framed by dark trees and a fence. — 1/80 s · f/4 · ISO 125 · 40 mm · 0 EV

Close-up of a grey horse’s eye beneath strands of reddish mane. — 1/60 s · f/4 · ISO 1600 · 105 mm · +0.7 EV — Power on hooves, velvet, pride, poetry, the charm of mystery, and that depth in their eyes.

A dark horse rears in a dim paddock, with other horses, trees and power lines behind. — 1/1000 s · f/4 · ISO 6400 · 105 mm · +1.0 EV

A glowing bulb hangs from a black cable against a softly blurred orange sunset and dark rooftops. — 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 100 · 103 mm · 0 EV

Close portrait of a chestnut horse with a small white forehead marking against pale evening sky. — 1/1000 s · f/4 · ISO 6400 · 77 mm · +1.0 EV

A group of curious horses gathers closely along a wooden fence, with golden trees behind them. — 1/30 s · f/4 · ISO 100 · 37 mm · 0 EV

A dark horse stands beside the fence in front of the old brick tower and sunlit trees. — 1/20 s · f/5.6 · ISO 100 · 24 mm · +0.7 EV

A grey horse steps toward the camera with one foreleg lifted; a chestnut horse stands behind. — 1/1000 s · f/4 · ISO 6400 · 105 mm · +1.0 EV

A horse’s large muzzle fills the foreground, with whiskers and bits of feed visible; its ears blur behind. — 1/60 s · f/4 · ISO 400 · 46 mm · +0.7 EV

Two curious dark horses crowd close to the camera, with a hand touching one muzzle and the old tower behind them. — 1/125 s · f/4 · ISO 125 · 24 mm · 0 EV — Keep doing that, mate.

Two horses look over a wooden fence, their manes edged with warm evening light. — 1/125 s · f/4 · ISO 400 · 61 mm · 0 EV

The old brick tower stands in a garden at dusk, with a warm, blurred light in the foreground. — 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 250 · 59 mm · 0 EV

Grey and chestnut horses move among the herd in a sandy paddock. — 1/640 s · f/4 · ISO 6400 · 105 mm · +1.0 EV

Two horses move through the dark paddock in front of the old brick tower. — 1/1000 s · f/4 · ISO 6400 · 105 mm · +1.0 EV

A chestnut and a grey horse stand close together, seen from behind in the evening paddock. — 1/1000 s · f/4 · ISO 6400 · 105 mm · +1.0 EV

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