I will miss the coolness of the early mornings a lot. I love getting up early to see the sun rise over the hills. The air is cool most mornings, but the last couple were VERY cool. One morning I was invited along with the wranglers to round up the horses in the hills and bring them in for tacking. I longed for gloves that day. Most days however, I got away with a sweatshirt and shorts.
I often tried to get some photos of the horses being brought in or put out to pasture in the evening. Generally unsuccessful due to the low light. I did get a couple that passed the last evening we were there.
If you are ready for the horses, the direction they will approach, and have any time to scout the property in advance, you could get better shots than I did. It took me a while to realize that these horses operate almost as a pack when they move. If you are standing in the road as they come down, you are the "change" they do not know / want to know and they get a bit spooked - therefore, you don't get the picture and have to wait til the next day. Find a good hiding spot the next day and they decide to take a different path - guess what, "no shot, wait til the next day"....doesn't take a genius to figure out you run out of opportunities fairly quickly and then look back and say "I should have...."
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