Sometimes you get the opportunity and you don’t even know right away that you’re taking the shot of a lifetime.  I was just hanging out at the beach with my family, around a bonfire, and these ponies came up to the top of the dunes to check out the weather.  I literally sprinted to my car to get my camera (the phone just wasn’t cutting it) and in almost complete darkness knelt (in dog poop, I might add) to photograph these ponies as I’ve done almost every summer for the last five years or so – and the stars quite literally aligned for me to get this shot.

Shot on a Canon Rebel t2i, .5 second shutter, f2.8, 17mm focal length just after 9pm on August 22, 2015.

Wild ponies in Assateague Island National Park catch the remaining breezes and sunlight on the beach underneath the starry sky.

I have made this photo available to purchase as a canvas or print from my favorite printing company, ProDPI.  They make the best prints I’ve ever seen.  Ordering is through Etsy.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this particular photo will be happily donated to the Assateague Island Alliance.  They are a “friends” organization that assists the Park Service in taking care of the Island and its inhabitants by fundraising, hosting different programs through the year, etc.