Pin Oak- Horse Show

littlemissphotographer

I'm new to the boards so i thought i would post over here in the sports forum as I mainly shoot equine sports at the moment. I was able to go to the Pin Oak 'AA Horse Show to shoot pictures of the hunter classes that were taking place that weekend.

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thank you for looking!

JSPhotography

Welcome. Nice work. I like a little tighter crop than the other horse people here, like #3. Don't ya wish all the jumps could have good backgrounds?

TeeMan

I enjoyed viewing your pictures. I have started shooting some of the Hunter shows in the Virginia area. My daughter rides in quite a few events and it is fun to pass the time by shooting her and her friends while they are in the ring. The pictures you posted here are all perfect timing. Wish the horse in the last picture had his ears up but nothing you can do about that!

IdahoMotomom

Great shots. I never tire of looking at equine photos. It takes me back to my childhood of showing Arabians. Ah, the memories!

HoofClix

You do have some very nice timing in these shots, and particularly very nice and correct angles for these hunter classes that you are shooting...

As JS says, he likes a tighter crop, but most important is to compose the shot as closely to what you may be trying to sell as you can. Make a decision.. For instance, get really tight so ad to make the horse and rider's head the subject, or compose a wider angle to make the whole jump and horse-rider combo the subject. In # 1,2,4, and 5 you are cutting off the bottom of the near standard. Figure out whatever it is you need to do to put some space below that standard. For me it takes concentration to flow through the jump without lifting the camera with the horse, and at higher heights, I even pop the focus point up a notch in the camera, and so when I follow the rider's knee, it compensates for me..

Snowgirl

HoofClix wrote:

at higher heights, I even pop the focus point up a notch in the camera, and so when I follow the rider's knee, it compensates for me..

What do you mean? Select a different focus point?

HoofClix

Snowgirl wrote:

What do you mean? Select a different focus point?

I mean that I move the camera's focus point up from center, then follow the same point on the horse while panning through..

Snowgirl

HoofClix wrote:

I mean that I move the camera's focus point up from center, then follow the same point on the horse while panning through..

Ah - that's what I thought but wasn't positive. Thanks.:D