His family's horse was about to go in the show ring, and the little guy was proud and excited. Truthfully, the horse was not wild about being kissed on the nose. But he was a good sport.

This was a 35mm negative from a horse show years ago. The original image was color, and it wasn't very interesting until I converted it to grayscale and added some 'glow.' Boosted the contrast, cropped even more, and then it looked good to me.

I think it shows the affinity between most kids and animals.