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spring is here, yay!

How do you get hem to 'smile'
spring is here, yay! by _rebekka.
(on the way back from Gullfoss, I spotted 3 pregnant horses lying in a field.. fast asleep, the jolly one to the far right with her tongue lolling out and looking more than a little comical.. I braked violently and backed the car up, envisioning myself silently climbing over the fence and sneaking up to them, getting some much needed sleeping-horse-with-tongue-sticking-out pics into my horse photo collection, but while i was trying to decide wether to switch lenses, they all woke up and came strolling over..
Still sleepy, the white one yawned constantly, making for quite a series.. 
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Eneas  Pro User  says:

Very cool!
Woohoo First to comment!
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*open*your*eyes  Pro User  says:

Sehr schönes Foto, Rebekka!
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♥Pati  Pro User  says:

hahaha, love his teeth!!!!
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Natasha Reed (Daffodilious)  Pro User  says:

The black one on the left appears to be almost a shadow of the guy in the middle. Lovely shot.
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darth_bayne  Pro User  says:

Haha, this is very cool! Excellent capture!
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ahlston  Pro User  says:

so cool
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The_Photo_Boy  Pro User  says:

very cool!
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.ultraviolett  Pro User  says:

aww. i love those happy horses!
you capture them very well...
=]
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Martin Third  Pro User  says:

Haha. I thought the one on the left was a shadow too!
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haleykbonds  Pro User  says:

wowowowoowow
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~ jennifer k. says:

what beautiful creatures - tongue lolling out and all =)
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Prozac74  Pro User  says:

I was really confused: On the thumbnails it looks as if a photoshop beginner tries his luck with a custom made shadow for the right (actually the middle) horse...
But that would not have fit with the name _rebekka.

The yawning is amazing and contagious.
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Hakimsalleh  Pro User  says:

Hmm...a horse with a clean body n teeth! nice!
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danfascia  Pro User  says:

The one on the right looks like she's laughing, great timing getting the moment captured
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Ürsula Photo  Pro User  says:

Shooting like the pro´s!!!
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.tan.gerin.e. says:

you gotta love a horse that laughs.
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Wooooooo!!!
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Steffan Harries  Pro User  says:

Cute horses! Got to love that grin!

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arousso says:

Love it
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BioArt  Pro User  says:

WOW - fabulous ultra wide angle - perfect timing!!!
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maesk  Pro User  says:

Great as always!
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rustizinho  Pro User  says:

lol
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Jaqme  Pro User  says:

Yay!

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Wolfhorn  Pro User  says:

Nice!! Very cool. :)
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mauricedenbosch  Pro User  says:

Great shot and in the right place at the right time...
I guess you need a little bit of luck.

Thanks for sharing.
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Miss Aniela  Pro User  says:

Simply perfect! One of your best horse shots, definitely the most fun one. The main one's expression is just superb - and I love how the one on the left looks like a mere shadow of a horse!

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Werner Schnell (1.stream)  Pro User  says:

perfect work again

congrats
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Russell Wade [deleted] says:

Great i just cant believe you got so much light in to that horses mouth it makes the photo for me. Perfect.
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artorius says:

Oh yes, what a great picture! They look sooo happy !
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z______z  Pro User  says:

Wonderful smiling horses. A great image!
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_stebo_  Pro User  says:

O___O fantastic!
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camera45 says:

Nice picture Rebekka.The horse on the right looks like he's laughing.Plus he reminds me of the donkey in the Shrek movie.
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C.A.R.L.O.  Pro User  says:

Wow RebeKKa!!! Fantastic Shot my friend
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Complicated says:

You Can Never Hold Back Spring.
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Kirill: Neverwinter Alps  Pro User  says:

Ulyanov Lenin was born on this day, and so the horses celebrate... I like the black shadow horse in particular!
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rhasalgheti  Pro User  says:

nice and funny shot!!
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.I Travel East.  Pro User  says:

Haha! Perfect timing! The fun moment preserved forever!
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ErinFayePhotography  Pro User  says:

Very funny!!
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Pure Pleasure Seeker says:

Gotta love the horses :)
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LiTTLeMiSSaRTiST [deleted] says:

ahahah this makes me laugh! i love it!
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Tony Murphy  Pro User  says:

A beauty, yours should get together with mine, what music they would make! Tony
Singing Horse
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Fotos simples. says:

Great shot...!!
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littlebear777  Pro User  says:

Beautiful shot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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( gio_foto ) / John Sanderson  Pro User  says:

Absolutely brilliant as ever Rebbbba!
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smashitup  Pro User  says:

Awesome shot n stuff!! I love how you capture the expressions!

beautiful!
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Arthur Smokes  Pro User  says:

What strange horses you have up in Iceland. These look almost prehistoric. The black one really confuses my eyes, along with the sky which doesn't look real. This shot could be from a CGI movie.
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JW81 says:

I´ve been inspired of your photos and ironical I also caputured one horse that yawned recently... funny creature and so hard to get good angels of them!
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~ BläckWitch ~  Pro User  says:

Great capture!!!!
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[ o g u h ] says:

gorgeous photo!!!
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kyrstin says:

i was in holland this week and during my stay I got to see horses just like these for the first time ever!

they are just as gorgeous in real life as they are in your images, i hope you know how lucky you are to have these guys living so close to you!! :D


keep up the great work!!
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Igor Moraes says:

ehehe they really enjoyed you =]
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qletsqop  Pro User  says:

great capture, right on the spot!!!:-)))
very funny expressions!!!!!;-)))))
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achuka  Pro User  says:

fabulous!!
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luishca  Pro User  says:

Uau !!! Fantastic!!!!!!
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r.ing  Pro User  says:

the oh so sleepy horse...


aww... and you were so cute trying not to laugh while shooting the photos ;)


and a BIG yawn...


thanks again for the trip
again asap?
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Vision by Lisa  Pro User  says:

Great shot!!!
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sonewfangled says:

good photo, but these horses look really bad!
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cord1964  Pro User  says:

This is great, quite hilarious actually, I love it.
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oldoinyo  Pro User  says:

Very amusing photo; the one at right says, "You thought you were going to do WHAT?!"
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Fufluna says:

Wow!

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Shutter Moments  Pro User  says:

Fantastic and funny capture!
The "shadow-like" one to the left adds some mystery to the composition.
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original_ann  Pro User  says:

How can one not smile looking at these sweet faces! They're so stubby and cute and they always POSE for you!
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dr_raj  Pro User  says:

could be surreal. as always: great perspective and bleached colours
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Love Of Carnage! says:

ha ha ha! shouting horsies!
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Photographymax says:

haha this is great, very nice capture indeed.
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e|[d]|ge. says:

another wodnerful horse shot :)
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`Gink says:

cool shot! the laughing horse does look like a human so much ^_^
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-sina-  Pro User  says:

Beautiful shot!
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_ shootpics  Pro User  says:

Gotta love those horses! Excellent
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wyndl jones  Pro User  says:

your icelandic horses are so punkrock they're adorable
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Doug van Kampen  Pro User  says:

the famous mr. ed

Nice Rebekka!
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Michael--B  Pro User  says:

Absolutely love this shot!

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d.photogal  Pro User  says:

hahaha
amazing shot! im glad you backed up the car!!
so sweet a shot.
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Suzana Latini  Pro User  says:

Simply wonderful! I really LOVED.
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JeckyllnHyde says:

Great story and great shot!
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iwilliamm [deleted] says:

you have such a way with horses , their character comes out :)))
happy spring ! could you send a bit our way Rebekka ?
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lol the horse is laughing
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swilton  Pro User  says:

love this shot

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LOOKING S I D E W A Y S says:

crazy funny
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felizp says:

i love your horse photos! :D i want to go to iceland. ;)
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_oliverchank  Pro User  says:

Priceless expressions ; ).
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compscigrad  Pro User  says:

1300+ views in 1 day...
I'd love to sneak a peak at your photo stats ;)

Great shot none the less. :)

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beautiful shot... nice composition

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PhotoArt Hartmann  Pro User  says:

cool!!!!
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iks.iks.iks says:

hahaha... wicked...
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s u b u says:

hehe.. good one..!! nice shot!
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RINAJO.DK  Pro User  says:

superb be´k :) i might go to iceland soon for an assignment - hope to meet some of the local horsies on my trip - if i do go that is :)
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kristin_hildur says:

Rosalega flott mynd ! Fyndið kommentið hjá náunganum sem sagði að hestarnir litu hræðilega illa út, hann hefur greinilega aldrei séð íslenska hesta í vetrarbúningi áður....
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twentyeight  Pro User  says:

Fantastic capture.
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_rebekka  Pro User  says:

@kristín : já.. fannst það frekar furðulegt komment sjálfri.. pínu móðguð bara fyrir hönd hestanna :p
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preparetobe  Pro User  says:

that horse certainly has a sense of humour
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Firefalcon  Pro User  says:

Well, they seem good natured horses, and I know you said it's yawning, but the white one does look like you've cracked an especially good joke! ;-)

I love the effect that they seem slightly more real than actual life too - I think it's the light - I don't know if that was natural or post processing...
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night86mare says:

love the expression, love those horses :) beautiful!

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zaratoothbrush says:

When I was a troubled youth, in the 70s, my guidance counsellor asked me where in the world I would like to go most. After a while of umming and erring, I mumbled "Iceland". She didn't stop laughing at me for several minutes. "Why would anyone want to go to there for goodness sake?" she rudely exclaimed. The answer now is obvious - to see the horses. Thanks for showing the rest of us their wonderful personality.
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jpmiss  Pro User  says:

Excellent shot. They seem to go out of the picture!
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..::todoloko::.. says:

really amazing and funny! incredibly good!
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Farfarm (away..)  Pro User  says:

haha...he/she gives a nice eye wink...amazing moment :)
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aye_shamus  Pro User  says:

the horse on the right cracks me up! this photo is great!
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cazzituoi says:

madonna! questo si che é un centro di "comments"
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