# In the world of remote possibilities, anyone recognize this photo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768 "2007-07-14T16:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/1 "2007-07-14T16:24:34Z")
I swiped [this photo](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/949793/shirehorse.jpg) off the web at some point to use as a desktop background. I remember posting a note where ever I’d found it asking about the photographer, but promptly forgot about it, didn’t bookmark it, and never checked back to see if I’d gotten a reply. I found it in a random google search for something different, and now searching any applicable terms isn’t bringing the photo up again. I really love this picture. I remember a caption saying he’d taken it while wandering around Ireland and spotted the horse from the road, but that’s pretty much all. I do remember that the time I couldn’t find a name or contact information on the page. Anybody happen to recognize it? I would love to find out who the photographer was so I can buy a print. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/2 "2007-07-14T16:32:18Z")
[Krystian Kozerawski](http://www.drakkart.com/eire2/2006/06/22/the-beauty-of-irish-horses-%E2%80%93-a-creature-from-the-past/) ETA: If you go to the “ABOUT” link at the top of the page, it will bring you to his profile, and his email is on there. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/3 "2007-07-14T16:36:18Z")
Holy buckets, that was quick! How’d you find it? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/4 "2007-07-14T16:37:32Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] Holy buckets, that was quick! How’d you find it? [/QUOTE] Believe it or not, Googled on “Irish horse” and went to the images page. It was the first image returned. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/5 "2007-07-14T16:41:29Z")
“Shire horse” (which is in the Properties of the photo) also brings it up, but \*\*Jay Jay \*\* wins! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/6 "2007-07-14T16:43:03Z")
D’oh. I remembered it being captioned as a Shire, even though the color markings indicate a Gypsy\* Horse or Drum Horse background. I kept searching permutations of Shire-- shire horse, grey shire, gray shire, gray shire horse and so on. Does this mean I lose my Google license? \*I’m aware of “Gypsy” being non-pc but have never heard piebald draft horses called anything else. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/7 "2007-07-14T19:55:57Z")
Also, you can see the guy’s name at the bottom right of the picture… ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/8 "2007-07-14T20:06:23Z")
Okay, okay, so I’m an idiot 😉 My only excuse for that one is that it’s hidden by my taskbar. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/9 "2007-07-14T20:13:58Z")
Err, I just tried to PM the mods to request the thread be closed and I got this message: The following errors occurred when this message was submitted: 1. The following users were not found: 1. samclem, Colibri So, yeah. Would some mod-type take pity on me? My stunning ineptitude is being highlighted in new and fascinating ways with every post. Thanks 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/10 "2007-07-14T23:07:17Z")
Hey, Naja, don’t beat yourself up. I’d never seen that great photo. Thanks for that! ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-remote-possibilities-anyone-recognize-this-photo/411768/11 "2007-07-15T02:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] Would some mod-type take pity on me? [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > I lay my head on the railroad track > And wait for the double-E > The railroad don’t run no more > Poor, poor pitiful me > > Poor, poor pitiful me > Poor, poor pitiful me > These young girls won’t let me be > Lord have mercy on me > Woe is me \ Pity taken. Thread closed. \