Triggered: Polly Rusyn
Horse Legs © Polly Rusyn
By Polly Rusyn
I had been patiently waiting for some tourists to move away from these horses so that I could photograph them somehow. I happened to look down and notice that one of the tourists, who I thought was in my way, was wearing a pink or reddish-magenta color and I saw immediately that the horses had their ankles wrapped in that similar kind of red! I immediately spotted the connection. It reminded me of a famous photograph by Elliot Erwitt entitled “Dogs Legs,” which is a photograph of a Great Dane’s legs next to human legs and a small dog. His picture surprises and amuses me. You do a double take before you see the joke and it remains one of my favorite photos. So when I was faced with this combination of horses and human legs dressed in similar colors all standing in a similar way, all I had to do was find the right angle to distribute them evenly in my frame. It turned out that what I thought was an obstacle was actually an asset!
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