Yesterday I found out that i had made it to the finals in Metro Photo Challenge 2011. The photo above was selected with 99 others from a selection of 20.000 pictures.
My photo also made it to the 1/11 edition of Metro together with seven other photographs which was fun! 
The winner is announced 8th of December.
I´m not surprised – it’s a great picture!
I love the way you cropped it Jani
It’s a great shot – contrasts are great
It’s a picture about closeness
excellent contrast and framing
Congratulation.
The picture really deserve it.
Nice monochrome processing and beautiful moment Caught
Congratulations, I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Congratulations, wonderful image!
Congrats…I hope you win! An intimate scene of connectedness. Well done! :OD
That is exciting news. Congratulations!
Love the shot.
Sharon
Beautiful photo. Congratulations!
fantastic pic!
Oh…this is so sweet. A wonderful capture of the relationship between man and horse!
Beautiful perspective. I really like this shot!
Awwww. Great shot.
Congratulations. This a really powerful image which is down to the bold crop. Well done.