Onaqui Photographs – Utah Wild Horses – Huge Dust Clouds

Posted on August 27, 2020September 2, 2020 by ghuggins

Finally getting around to posting photographs of our latest trip to the Onaqui herd of wild horses in Utah’s West Desert. The ranchers have shut off access to all watering holes on the Davis Mountain side (North herd). The North herd is sometimes feeding in the area North of Davis Mountain but they have to travel all the way to the trough watering hole to water. Not sure if they are watering both morning and evening, we have only been out there in the evening. On this trip the “North” herd was feeding just South of the trough, but after their evening drink the RAN all the way back to the area between Dugway and Davis Mountain. What a sight! It was right at sunset but the dust lingered in the valleys seemingly forever. Look closely at the panoramic images at sunset. The “white” sliver of light is the dust left as the entire herd (near 300 horses) ran through the valley on the way to where they would rest and feed the next day. It’s too bad the image size has to be significantly downsized. The full-resolution panorama (about 12 images stitched together) is amazing. THE ONAQUI HERD NEVER DISAPPOINTS!!!!

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Onaqui Wild Horses – Extreme Dusty Mid-August

Posted on August 27, 2020September 2, 2020 by ghuggins

The west desert never disappoints. Although we had spent a couple of hours with the herd in the Davis Mountain area, we decided to go South before the North herd went to water. That was a mistake. The North herd traveled all the way to the trough watering hole to water and we missed the stampede. Luckily, there were many bands behind the main herd so we were able to capture them coming through the pass! The dust was incredibly thick. Another fantastic trip to this magnificent national treasure (that the BLM wants to eliminate).

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Neowise Comet – Photographs Taken in Utah

Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 by ghuggins

A friend shamed me into getting up early this morning and driving to the top of Francis Peak along the Wasatch Front. (my wife and I drove up the evening before for me to find a likely spot to see the comet). I was a little off on my prediction as to where I would actually see the comet this morning but I am very pleased I took the time.

I apologize for the fact that these are not wild horse photographs, but I wanted to get them out for friends and family to see this remarkable sight.

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Black & White Toned Photographs of Onaqui Wild Horses

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 by ghuggins

Several friends have asked about purchasing some prints. Most want black and white prints with a sepia-like tone. I went through many of my favorite photographs and came up with just over 100 of my favorite. I am posting them here. Contact me for pricing if you are interested.

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Onaqui Wild Horse Photography – June 4

Posted on June 21, 2020June 22, 2020 by ghuggins

It has taken me weeks to get these photographs processed. The lighting was so perfect and varied, I had a hard time getting through all of the photographs I liked. I couldn’t get the ones I wanted to post to any fewer than these. I know there are too many, but I tried…

We were about a mile South of the watering hole photographing HUNDREDS of these magnificent wild horses. I had the sense that they were going to return to the watering trough. We got in the car and drove to the water. It was just before sunset and luckily, they did as I had predicted! Hundreds of horses on a run to the water! What a sight! Unfortunately the photographs don’t do justice to the experience, but I will remember that moment for the rest of my life…

Once the sun had set we were in a perfect setting to shoot some long exposures. Some were more like “abstract art,” but I was happy with a few.

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Photographing Wild Horses in Utah’s West Desert – Late May

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 by ghuggins

I’m often asked if I ever get tired of photographing this herd of Wild Horses. The simple answer is N E V E R! Every trip is different. Different lighting, different foregrounds, different backgrounds, the horses have different attitudes. This trip was all about dark skies and rich lighting.

A few posts ago (the one with a lot of dust and wind) I felt that many of the photographs looked better in that very warm sepia tone. Another post a few weeks ago it didn’t feel like many of the photographs looked better in any form of black and white. On this trip to the Onaqui, even as I was taking some photographs, I said to myself, “this scene is meant to be in black and white”. I tried several of these scenes in the warm sepia tone but it just wasn’t what I saw in my mind’s eye. I saw dark, dramatic skies in a deep selenium tone. I hope you agree…