Wickenburg Gold Rush Days rodeo

scottcolbath

My new 5D seems to be over exposing shots, compared to my 7D. I adjusted it with some settings in the camera, but still, I'm surprised it's shooting so hot.

Anyway, here's a few pics. Some from the 5D, some from the 7D. It really doesn't matter. Both take great pics. Now, if only the photographer would improve.













Anyone remember this horse from last year?

http://www.yarnellpics.com/Events/Gold-Rush-Days-2010/Gold-Rush-Days-20100072b/787769596_evee6-XL-1.jpg





He kicked ass again this year.

Check out the boot flying off.





This horse was wound up.



They couldn't round it up after the ride.



He's hauling ass past me here. I was not ready and just put up the camera to get the shots. I can probably get a little more exposure out of them without screwing them up.



On to the ladies running barrels.





Lowsides suck.






My neighbor poses for a Ford commercial.



And tells all of you where to go.


Seriously, he wanted the pics to send to his friends up in Green Bay.

Great day.

S.C.

torags

Nice stuff Scott.

You almost lost your lens hood in the white horse's ear...:D

JimKarczewski

Scott-

Meter's set the same between the 5D and 7D? That's the one thing that could drive it nuts. But other than that they should be consistent across the board. Try setting them both to manual and taking a shot of a fixed subject and see what happens? Just a thought. Although the meters are different because the 7D's is more tightly linked to the new AF system and it's a color based meter. The 5DII is a good old monochrome meter..

scottcolbath

torags wrote: »

Nice stuff Scott.

You almost lost your lens hood in the white horse's ear...:D

Yeah, I felt the breeze as he blew by me.

S.C.

scottcolbath

JimKarczewski wrote: »

Scott-

Meter's set the same between the 5D and 7D? That's the one thing that could drive it nuts. But other than that they should be consistent across the board. Try setting them both to manual and taking a shot of a fixed subject and see what happens? Just a thought. Although the meters are different because the 7D's is more tightly linked to the new AF system and it's a color based meter. The 5DII is a good old monochrome meter..

Thanks. I'll give this advice a try.

S.C.

scottcolbath

This one made the front page above the fold in today's local paper.



S.C.

black mamba

I'm not sure that this would be the case with Cannon, but, sometimes, manufacturers will purposely bias a camera toward either underexposure or overexposure. Such was the case with the Nikon D-80. Apparently, many users complained that the D-70 tended to underexpose. When the D-80 was introduced, it was apparent that Nikon had swung the pendulum too far in the other direction. I'm speaking here about shots exposed with matrix metering. With the D-80, I had to either dial in a stop or stop and 1/3 of underexposure, or, as I chose to do, shoot the camera in center-weighted metering. Both ways worked.

Interestingly, one of the comments coming out of Nikon about the issue was that, given the choice, most people preferred a picture slightly overexposed as to one underexposed. I don't know about that but I think Nikon was trying to BS their way out of a screw-up.

Tom

Tom

scottcolbath

black mamba wrote: »

I'm not sure that this would be the case with Cannon, but, sometimes, manufacturers will purposely bias a camera toward either underexposure or overexposure. Such was the case with the Nikon D-80. Apparently, many users complained that the D-70 tended to underexpose. When the D-80 was introduced, it was apparent that Nikon had swung the pendulum too far in the other direction. I'm speaking here about shots exposed with matrix metering. With the D-80, I had to either dial in a stop or stop and 1/3 of underexposure, or, as I chose to do, shoot the camera in center-weighted metering. Both ways worked.

Interestingly, one of the comments coming out of Nikon about the issue was that, given the choice, most people preferred a picture slightly overexposed as to one underexposed. I don't know about that but I think Nikon was trying to BS their way out of a screw-up.

Tom

Tom

That wouldnt' surprise me, and I'll take an underexposed pic any day over an overexposed pic.

S.C.

Sexy6Chick

A great set! Nothing like a great rodeo. You got some awesome shots here - really love the closeup of the white that couldn't be rounded up and that paint is quite a looker. A ton of fantastic shots in here, nicely done!

scottcolbath

Rather than start a new thread, I'll dust this one off for the 2013 Gold Rush Days rodeo. I missed 2012, and only spent a short time at the rodeo this year. Here's a few shots.

This shot is not that great, but I thought it was an important lead-in to the one after.





Lots of guys hit the dirt on this day.









Hover Horse.



S.C.