How the photographer, Bea Silva, got this shot is really amazing. I'm glad she did. It's called "Reining Power". Reining is a equine class of riding skills. Reining horses, almost always American Quarter Horses, are horses bred and trained to perform specific patterns from fast large circles to slow small circles, lead changes on the fly, spin very fast with a back leg anchored, and do amazing sliding stops as indicated in the drawing.
If anyone in interested to to youtube.com/rideum51 look for "fifties smoken lady". She was until she passed one of my quarter horses with amazing skills and great magician.
Reining Power
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Re: Reining Power
Your drawings always making me speechless 
What an expression !!!
What a power!
Wow!!!
What an expression !!!
What a power!
Wow!!!
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Re: Reining Power
Oh my! What a powerful piece! Well done!!
Re: Reining Power
Wow! Such an amazing drawing!!! You can just feel the power of the horse! Thanks for sharing this!
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Re: Reining Power
I don't mean to take anything away from your previous drawings... but this is a major leap forward in understanding and execution.
You're telling your story - borrowing from the photographer's story, but definitely telling us YOURS. It relates everything that you obviously both admire and wish to convey to us...
And you're telling it in a way that is immediate. The "drawing" doesn't come between me and the experience of watching horse and rider.
It's simply superb.
You're telling your story - borrowing from the photographer's story, but definitely telling us YOURS. It relates everything that you obviously both admire and wish to convey to us...
And you're telling it in a way that is immediate. The "drawing" doesn't come between me and the experience of watching horse and rider.
It's simply superb.
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There is tremendous power in this image. For me the expression of that power comes from seeing that the cowboy has no control. Not a bit. Just the pressure of rider's legs communicate to the horse. The horse is in control and clearly can choose what action to take at high speed. The rider is along for the ride. Fabulous! What a STORY!