>Godfrey said:
>
> - They're too static. Using flash to capture the motion has frozen them
> into position so "caughtinmotion" is reall more frozen-in-motion. You
> need better lighting and a little more movement in the image to give a
> sense of the horse and rider's power as they perform their stile jump.
Thanks for the suggestions, Godfrey.
Unfortunatly, the lighting is very poor in most indoor arenas.Setting up side
flashes etc
is pretty
much out of the question. I only do 2 indoor shows a year,and its for the barn
owner were
we board
our horses. If it were not for her, i would not do any at all anymore.
>
> - I realize that you've got a lot of horses and a lot of different
> owners who might want a similar photo of their horse so the set as a
> whole has to be somewhat repetitious as a series of "record shots", but
> I think you should try varying the point of view for some exposures and
> cropping to provide a little more dynamism. A tight crop to the horse's
> forequarter and the rider's eyes would provide more drama.
As Wendy mentioned,as in her dog work,I'm pretty much stuck on or or one or two
jumps. I
have to
pick what i think are the best of the 9-10 out there. Being indoor, i pretty
much have to
stay in
one small area as to keep my movements down other wize i could spook a horse
and the rider
would be
penelized.
I agree crops would add to some pictures,but this is what i offer after the
fact. Some of
the people
will ask if this or that can be done, and i try to accommodate. I suppose 1-2
to the page
so they
can see some different crops etc might help,but if its a picture they might
like,but don't
really
like the way i presented it,they may pass all together.
Horse folk like action over Oxers(2 rail fences,)and kness up an square.
Anything else is
pretty
much a no sale.<g>
One of the reasons i bought the istD is to have that second body,that you
mentioned in to
Wendy. I
can have the 80-200 on one and the 28 or 50 on the istD.
This might help in adding some extra punch in the outdoor season. Its what i
hope anyway.
Thanks again Godfrey
Dave
>
> Godfrey
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