The weather was ideal last night for an evening out with the camera in the New Forest. Most of the trees have just come into leaf and there was a lovely sunset. Even better, a herd of young, wild stallions wandered into my path and I was able to immortalise what is for many people the epitome of this wilderness, just a few miles from the busy port city of Southampton.

I deliberately shot it with a fast shutter speed to avoid motion blur from the ponies and slightly under-exposed to preserve detail in the sky. Afterwards, in Lightroom, I processed it to emphasise the ‘golden hour’ lighting. It is currently trending Popular on 500px.com; I hope you like it.