Santa Anita

VMacVMac Registered Users Posts: 68 Big grins
edited April 8, 2006 in Sports
My first day shooting a race track. Shooting the ponies would be a lot of fun IF they ran 6 times per hour... but when you only get 4 seconds of
shooting action per race, 2 per hour is just painful.

I only had the patience for 4 races, which isn't nearly enough
considering you want to expirement with fast shutter vs. slow shutter vs.
panning, etc.

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  • adrian_kadrian_k Registered Users Posts: 557 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    bang on <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/clap.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > and I *hate* horses.

    <edit> I had a breeze through your gallery - very good indeed. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/bowdown.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >)
    VMac wrote:
    My first day shooting a race track. Shooting the ponies would be a lot of fun IF they ran 6 times per hour... but when you only get 4 seconds of
    shooting action per race, 2 per hour is just painful.

    I only had the patience for 4 races, which isn't nearly enough
    considering you want to expirement with fast shutter vs. slow shutter vs.
    panning, etc.
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    Adrian
    my stuff is here.....
  • jrglassjrglass Registered Users Posts: 39 Big grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    Well done!:):
  • gsgarygsgary Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    Very nice indeed clap.gif
  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    Very nice action shots!
    I recently saw some excellent Santa Anita shots from a photo club called LAShooters. They received access to the track for the 6 am morning workouts. You might check into something like that for more constant action.
    Dana
    ** Feel free to edit my photos if you see room for improvement.**
    Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if
    no birds sang there except those that sang best.
    ~Henry Van Dyke
  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    Stormdancing wrote:
    Very nice action shots!
    I recently saw some excellent Santa Anita shots from a photo club called LAShooters. They received access to the track for the 6 am morning workouts. You might check into something like that for more constant action.

    Excellent idea Dana....and I bet the morning light would be awesome as well!!! Nice shots!!! thumb.gif
  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    The pictures I saw were from a fellow SmugMugger, but I don't think he posts here.

    http://garyayala.smugmug.com/gallery/1315467

    Check it out.

    I don't know what security is like at Santa Anita. I know at Churchill it's not hard to get access for the workouts, but you do have to get permissions.
    Dana
    ** Feel free to edit my photos if you see room for improvement.**
    Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if
    no birds sang there except those that sang best.
    ~Henry Van Dyke
  • VMacVMac Registered Users Posts: 68 Big grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    Thanks eveyone! Very kind.

    And I'm actually on the LAShooters msg board... and I've shot with Gary several times. But then he stopped talking to me. Just kidding, Gary. :D

    Small world.
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  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    VMac wrote:
    Thanks eveyone! Very kind.

    And I'm actually on the LAShooters msg board... and I've shot with Gary several times. But then he stopped talking to me. Just kidding, Gary. :D

    Small world.

    Hehe VMac. And to think I'm way over here in Indiana. I'm on another group where Gary posts quite often. Admire his work.
    Dana
    ** Feel free to edit my photos if you see room for improvement.**
    Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if
    no birds sang there except those that sang best.
    ~Henry Van Dyke
  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    They're all good, but I like the second one the most. And if it was easy everyone would do it....AND be great at it. Your pain was rewarded!clap.gif
    Always lurking, sometimes participating. :D
  • firedancing4lifefiredancing4life Registered Users Posts: 550 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    I like all of them...especially the last one.
    Kevin
    www.rightangleimages.com
  • IronhorseIronhorse Registered Users Posts: 40 Big grins
    edited April 4, 2006
    Nice job! I especially like the first and second shot.
    Regards,

    Joe
  • galaxycowpokegalaxycowpoke Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2006
    Number two is a winner. thumb.gif

    Number three if the horses were fully in the frame.

    Very nice!
  • CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2006
    Very Nice, love the second and the third is quite unique wit the static palm and moving horses.

    HATE horse...Adrian your sick , just sick, No one hates horses ;)

    What lens were you using
  • VMacVMac Registered Users Posts: 68 Big grins
    edited April 7, 2006
    CookieS wrote:
    What lens were you using

    Thanks Cookie. I had the 300/4 on most of the day, but those first two are with 50/1.4. (Exif are all intact.)
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  • robert mccanerobert mccane Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2006
    relly good nice action
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