An adventure of a shoot...

Last Saturday I went to visit my friend Amie who has just moved to St Ives, I took her with me to Gwithian to do a little shoot. When I got there I was SO excited to see that since my last visit they had moved some horses onto the dunes to graze as a conservation method. Spying a couple of sty's where the electric fencing was covered I figured, hey it must be ok to walk through the area where they are then! Armed with a fisheye lens off I went with Amie to get really close to the white horse that was nearest to the fencing. She was very placid and I was happily snapping until suddenly I hear Amie shout from behind... 'Kay they're running!!!' Three darker ponies suddenly were pegging it over at me from behind the dunes. Panicing we walked as quickly as we could to get out of the area, unfortunately I didn't stop to pick up my bag... DOH!! The next 10 mins or so was spent watching a pony route through my bag, kicking and turfing out my purse, phone and having a nibble on whatever food I'd left lurking in the bottom (when will I ever learn!). Eventually with Amie spotting at the fence I had to sneak in and try and retrieve my belongings without being kicked to death. Turns out the pony was fine and I managed to get all my things back and take a few more photos, although the mean one with the gammy eye was keeping a close eye on me! Lesson learnt - when being chased by horses it's not like in the case of a fire... DO stop and pick up your belongings!!! Anyway here are a few of the shots I did manage to get, hoping to go back, with a longer lens sometime soon!