{"id":743,"date":"2011-06-15T02:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T02:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk:\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2012-08-09T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T00:10:28","slug":"riding-at-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/riding-at-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding at Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s picture takes us back to Noordwijk in the Netherlands. After a day-long meeting at the European Space Agency we headed out for dinner at a lovely restaurant overlooking the beach. I confess I was considerably distracted from my food all the time, as I watched the sun slowly setting beyond the horizon. Then, when least expected, three horses came galloping from afar. I quickly grabbed my camera which lay waiting beside me and ran out as fast as I could. In the very few seconds during which I waited with bated breath for the horses to approach, I recall myself quickly turning the dials on my camera in preparation for the brief moment that I was about to witness in no time at all. I simply had to get this right! I found myself wondering whether I was so excited that I was perhaps shaking too much to get a sharp shot. I don’t remember exactly how many frames I fired as the horses majestically went by, but I do remember that I leapt with joy even before I checked the screen of my camera – because I knew that I had snatched the moment I wanted. Sometimes, it’s like that. You just know.<\/p>\n

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Today’s picture takes us back to Noordwijk in the Netherlands. After a day-long meeting at the European Space Agency we headed out for dinner at a lovely restaurant overlooking the beach. I confess I was considerably distracted from my food all the time, as I watched the sun slowly setting beyond the horizon. Then, when least expected, three horses came galloping from afar. I quickly grabbed my camera which lay waiting beside me and ran out as fast as I could. In the very few seconds during which I waited with<\/p>\n

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