A Day at the Races (first attemt)

gsgary

We had a great day at the races today had two winners but down at the end of the day. This is my first attempt at horse racing i was using my 70-200 F4 and it was quite overcast. C+C welcome
Thanks for looking

gsgary

Are they that bad

PossumCorner

Hi - 1. is good action - eight feet off the ground. And 4 is a lovely classic shot. The two "cantering down" shots are spoilt by the rail. Last one is a nice angle, gives better movement, not as flat as the more side-on shots.

Wot's all this rugby and racing stuff: what happened to the motor bikes?

gsgary

Thanks for the comments Possum, dont forget canoeing, rugby and racing is a fill in till the motorbike season starts, going to have a go at surfing shots at Christmas when i visit my mum in cornwall.

PossumCorner wrote:

Hi - 1. is good action - eight feet off the ground. And 4 is a lovely classic shot. The two "cantering down" shots are spoilt by the rail. Last one is a nice angle, gives better movement, not as flat as the more side-on shots.

Wot's all this rugby and racing stuff: what happened to the motor bikes?

illuminati919

2nd to last is really nice, only if you didnt cut off the horses tail, , but they are good overall.

ian408

I love the shots that show the horse in motion. They're beautiful and very
graceful animals. The first shot really gives you that speed and grace
feeling.

I'm wondering what your exposure was. It looks to me like a bit more depth
of field would give you a sharper image from front to back.

Nice work. I'd love to see more.

gsgary

Thanks for your comments, i had to pan through a 8 inch gap in the fence or i would get the fence infront of the horse

illuminati919 wrote:

2nd to last is really nice, only if you didnt cut off the horses tail, , but they are good overall.

gsgary

It was F4 iso 400 1/250 probably should have gone to iso 800

Thanks for the comments
Gary

ian408 wrote:

I love the shots that show the horse in motion. They're beautiful and very
graceful animals. The first shot really gives you that speed and grace
feeling.

I'm wondering what your exposure was. It looks to me like a bit more depth
of field would give you a sharper image from front to back.

Nice work. I'd love to see more.

Red Bull

I love #4! It look like the horse is smiling for you! Great capture. Keep up the good work.

gsgary

thanks Steven

Red Bull wrote:

I love #4! It look like the horse is smiling for you! Great capture. Keep up the good work.