Greetings from Kentucky. Here are a few captures from yesterday's Cross Country phase of the Rolex Three-Day Event, the only CCI**** held in the United States and one of only four held in the world each year. More of my images from the event can be found here: http://troutstreaming.smugmug.com/ga...5909#147810289 And even more images here http://www.poulsenphoto.com/Rolex.htm and here http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thum...aspx?e=2860602

Current leader Kristin Bachman on Gryffindor:




Amy Tryon on El Samurai was in 2nd place (first after dressage), but withdrew and will not be competing in stadium jumping today.

Heidi White Carty on Northern Spy are now in second:

Clayton Fredericks on Ben Along Time from Australia are now in third:

Will Faudree on Antigua was fourth, but also withdrew after cross country:

And Karin Donckers on Gazelle De La Brasserie of Belgium now in fourth:


I was present for one really nasty crash - with Heath Ryan on Flame from Australia catching a hoof on the front edge of the wagon jump and never quite recovering. Flame jumped up and appeared to be sound, Heath was conscious and moving, but received medical attention.

Thanks for looking,

Nice series! It looks like you actually have nice weather at Rolex...that of course is because I'm not there. I always bring bad weather, it even rained in Vegas when I was down for World Cup.

I love the shot of Karin imitating the Man from Snowy River, it makes me feel better about the way I got down banks . Seriously though nice shot!

The of Heath is terrific as well. I'm glad to hear they're both all right. Did you get a series of this or just the one shot?

I hope you have a good time shooting stadium today, can't wait to see more.

Originally Posted by Phyxius Nice series! It looks like you actually have nice weather at Rolex...that of course is because I'm not there. I always bring bad weather, it even rained in Vegas when I was down for World Cup. I love the shot of Karin imitating the Man from Snowy River, it makes me feel better about the way I got down banks . Seriously though nice shot! The of Heath is terrific as well. I'm glad to hear they're both all right. Did you get a series of this or just the one shot? I hope you have a good time shooting stadium today, can't wait to see more.

Before you pass judgement on the weather, you will need to take a look at Thursday Dressage pictures - probably will not get a significant number of them posted until I return. Yesterday and today were nice- if you like bright sunlight.

I am not sure that she would appreciate that shot, but I wanted to post something from each of the leaders.

I have 19 frames of the crash - rear rail to horse rolling over on him - shooting RAW + JPG so only got 19 of them before I filled the buffer so missed the paer where the horse finished rolling over his legs and got itself upright and I refrained from shooting Heath on the ground with the medical crew. Crash starts here
http://troutstreaming.smugmug.com/ga...0082#148268776

Thanks for the kind words. I have more images than I know what to do with right now so will be posting more soon.

Andy

Some great shots there Andy, what lens did you use ?

Originally Posted by gsgary Some great shots there Andy, what lens did you use ?

For dressage I shot with a 400 2.8 - will get some of those posted in the next couple of days. For cross country I went with the 70-200 2.8 (with a 1.4 multiplier at the water complex with the ducks) or a 16-35. The 400 was 00 erroring occasionally in the vertical orientation and the reason I would have used it for cross-country or stadium was for verticals, so it remained unused over the weekend as I just did not want to miss any jumping shots. For stadium (also need to get those posted) I used a 70-200 on one body and a 135 2 on the other.

Thanks for looking,

Andy

Cheers from Mark all the way down at the other end of this fine country....

I didn't know you were a Smugger. Have admired your work for a while. Haven't been able to make Rolex a priority for several years, but perhaps next year.

I'm got a bit confused when I saw your site. Are you and Tim Poulsen in collaboration somehow? Some of the photos in your display had his copyright on them.

Mark
www.HoofClix.com

Originally Posted by troutstreaming For dressage I shot with a 400 2.8 - will get some of those posted in the next couple of days. For cross country I went with the 70-200 2.8 (with a 1.4 multiplier at the water complex with the ducks) or a 16-35. The 400 was 00 erroring occasionally in the vertical orientation and the reason I would have used it for cross-country or stadium was for verticals, so it remained unused over the weekend as I just did not want to miss any jumping shots. For stadium (also need to get those posted) I used a 70-200 on one body and a 135 2 on the other. Thanks for looking, Andy

I was talking to a Canadian tog at Chatsworth who was using the 400F2.8 from the same position as i was using the 300F2.8 i would love to see the difference

Very nice work. I was also (see my post above). It was a great weekend. I saw Heath Ryan go over the brush jump in great form (Bruce Davidson just had a crash there). And two jumps later Heath hit the deck.

Laslo