NikonGear'23
Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Anthony on December 03, 2017, 18:28:12
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On 30 November I shot some horse races at Towcester. There were six jumping races, half hurdles (low brushwood fences) and half steeplechase (higher fences), and a flat race at the end, for which the light was too bad for decent photography.
We picked various fences to shoot, depending on the type of race and the light. Each of our fences was jumped twice in each race, with the action taking about five seconds the first time, and ten to fifteen seconds the second time as the horses spread out. That meant a total of less than two minutes shutter time for the whole afternoon.
Most of my photos were taken with the 50-140, a few with the 100-400. I regretted forgetting to pack the 16 and 35, because there were some good opportunities for wide angle shots which I could not exploit.
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Some more.
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Anthony excellent action shots, horses are always great subjects specially when jumping, I really like the shots where you captured the horses and riders in the air with grass being kicked up in the air
Very nice that you could get so close
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You got really close to the action. I can hear the thumping.
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This really puts you "in" the action. Great series. Powerful dynamics and immersive images.
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Armando, Jacov, Paco, thank you for your comments.
It was an exciting place to photograph - the power and speed of the horses are very impressive close up.
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Hi Anthony,
It is impressive how well the X-T2 can deal with fast action in competent hands.
I haven't myself trained to get the best out of in in these situation and am admiring your success with more than a bit of envy.
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great series, you managed well to transport the atmosphere into your pictures
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Thanks, Simone and Thomas.
Simone, I have no doubt that you would produce excellent results as a sports photographer.