Ella and Megan : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Ella and Megan / mypubliclands
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | "When you lose something, you try to find a replacement or a repair. Ella was never my replacement or repair she was my soul coming to greet me again. I came across Ella on the BLM internet adoption website; I looked into her adorable yearling eyes and knew we had to meet. I begged my parents and grandparents for the Palomino Mustang with the neck tag number 9450. I wanted her desperately! She would be my most challenging project, and I hers. March 27, 2012, my 13th birthday; my present was the Palomino Mustang with the neck tag 9450, my Elladora. We picked her up from the Pauls Valley Off Range Corral in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. I spent that summer in Gainesville on my grandparent’s ranch working to get Ella ready for the BLM show later in the fall. We trained for days. I halter broke and desensitized her to everything. The first months are crucial to form a bond; and bond we did. I worked hard and received very little help while training her. She consumed me, and I wanted to be proud of what we accomplished. I have had Ella for since 2012, and each year we grow and bond more. We are still learning new techniques and experiences daily. Saddle training her was an easy challenge. We had worked the whole year on ground training, and then the day came to put a saddle on. I expected some resistance, maybe a little freak out, all I received from Ella was a perk of the ears forward, and the rest was a piece of cake. Even the first ride went smoothly, except for the fact that Ella is super clumsy and tripped in a deep pocket of sand and we plummeted to the ground. We were okay in the end—just stunned and a little winded. Ella and I gained strength and confidence and grew as one. Like most of the things in my life, Ella consumed my thoughts. I am always thinking of creative and innovative techniques to teach my horse. By using this mentality we have learned a lot throughout the years. We learned the how to side-pass, complete shoulder turns, as well as how to use pressure points. Having Ella as a constant beginner alongside me, training her has been fun. A key aspect of Ella is that she rarely gets frustrated with me, and she is patient when learning a new skill and reads my body for the proper command. I adopted an amazing gift from the BLM. All I had to do was go to the online adoption gallery, feel something in my gut, and go for it. It was amazing to immediately feel a bond with her even though I have never even seen or touched her in person. She saved me by giving me a wonderful experience, and I saved her by giving her a purpose. Together we have both grown, and now we are inseparable."Photo courtesy of Kim Wandell |
| 撮影日 | 2013-04-27 16:27:42 |
| 撮影者 | mypubliclands |
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| 撮影地 | Texas, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | iPhone 5 , Apple |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1642) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.4 |
| 焦点距離 | 33 deg 41' 11.40" N |