July 4th Rodeo

donek

I shot a rodeo on the 4th for the paper. I got in the chutes for part of the bull riding contest and shot with the fish eye. What a blast.
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2. This guy looks almost cute and cuddly.

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4. This kid just graduated from a local high school and won the bull riding contest.


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7. The westeraires put on a show. They did some formation riding that had them passing each other at very high speeds, so I brought down the shutter speed and did some panning.


Any comments welcome.

saurora

Great series of shots! The fish eye really worked well. I like the panning and the isolation you achieved in the last shot as well.

joshhuntnm

love the fish eye!!!!

the others are great too!

ian408

The fisheye shots are great. I dig it

donek

That fisheye lens is probably the least used lens in my kit, but when it gets use, it always produces great results.

winger

donek wrote:

That fisheye lens is probably the least used lens in my kit, but when it gets use, it always produces great results.

I agree I have a 10-22 (so near fish eye) that I could shoot a whole game with and maybe yield a handful of good shots. but the ones I get are so worth it. Now that I have two bodies, I can still get the shots I need with a more typical sports lens but the have the wide angle lens to try to capture your less than typical shots.

I love the first one, I think with the wide angle it helps the view be drawn into the chaos of the whole thing. Also I want to mention you did a real nice job on the last shot as well (the pan), takes alot of practice to do those right.

hanseat

The fisheye - thats it! Great job.