The eye of the....

..horse.

Not quite the same ring as that soft rock Survivor classic.

Another image from the Burghley Horse trials. Got quite close to this one horse, and used the long lens to get right into the eye. The observant among you will see our little group, with K and A on the right, in the eye itself. Nice detail and a nice expression on the eye (and a clean eye too, I'm told by the horse expert = good/rare). I left in the bit of strap to give context.

Ivan

At the horse trials

We recently went to Burghley House horse trials, near Stamford (D will know where this is). It's one of the 4 top level 3 day eventing trials, and we went for the middle day, the "thrills and spills" cross country (well, everyone likes to see toffs falling off and getting covered in mud, don't they?).

I used my telephoto most of the day, to get close to the action and to try out getting some candids. I liked this one, of a lady getting ready for the rider to come down the hill. The colour image is nice and vivid too, but I guess I'm exploring mono a bit too, trying to submit an all mono LRPS panel for assessment (hopefully in Feb 09).

Comments as usual

Ivan

At the Horse Trials

Taken last weekend at Burghley House Horse Trials 3-day eventing (daaahrlings). We went with some friends for the middle day, the cross-country. Lots of thrills and spills, and more horsey folk than you can imagine. Snapped this candid of someone snapping the impending action. Mono seemed to suit the feel.

Ivan

To follow the horse theme

Since we are on the theme of horses I thought I would post this image that was shot in January. I really like it because there is a lot of emotion that comes through.

It was taken with my relatively new Canon 50mm f1.4 lens; 250th sec, f13.0, IOS 400, RAW, AdobeRGB. A great lens by the way...well worth the investment.

Whale and Horse - quick reworkings...

Dear D and C

Without access to my image-editing utility of choice (PS CS), I have quickly tweaked the two images in question to see if there was any "improvement" or enhamcement possible.

Let me know what you think in the usual way...

Ivan

$16 lens

Hello all! I figured that I'm overdue for a post. Here's one from a manual Soligor 35-70mm f2.5 lens I grabbed off Ebay for cheap. I was quite surprised at its sharpness and colour (but crappy resistance to flare), so I thought I'd share, and one of our horses agreed to pose. I'm rather pleased at how this composition turned out, though I can't quite put my finger on why. Perhaps it's the shadows?

Opinions?
-Colin