Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

Photography of wild horses tip No. 327: When they won’t give you the time of day, include a stunning background.

Relaxed, calm, peaceful; visits always are worth more than pictures, which hopefully do well to serve as simple, lovely reminders.

Young Kwana is hanging out with bachelors Duke and Kreacher. This isn’t the first time Duke has been a mentor to a stallion in the younger generation. He fills the role in his understated way, in his wonderful way.

Handsome Mr. Apollo was chillin’ with his mates on a lovely evening. Behind him, our iconic McKenna Peak and Temple Butte.

S’aka blows steam on a nippy evening in Spring Creek Basin. Remnants of our first snowfall linger still on the shadowed sides of hills and ridges. The cold temps that turned rain to snow also linger! But the horses are in fine shape as fall turns to winter.

Mm hmm. Hunk. 🙂

Beautiful mustang. Beautiful mountains. Beautiful light.

Really, another image of Mysterium trotting across a ridge below the La Sals is not “too much.”

Hunky Storm is a mellow fellow, ambling after his band. The breeze was up, but it was all about the light that evening.

Another sweet face is Juniper’s. She was born dark, dark.

Doesn’t Mysterium have the sweetest face? She was definitely “guard mare” that evening, keeping a wary eye (both eyes) peeled for whatever might threaten the band.

The dark behind her is the shadowed north wall of a ridge. It served to highlight her perfectly.

Though Gaia’s shadow covers most of Cassidy Rain’s pretty face, there’s just enough open to the sunshine to produce a glimmer in her eye. But Gaia’s is covered by her forelock. 🙂

Do you think they’re proud of how their babies grow up? I sure am!