Tough lighting.. but who knew they could jump this high?

[Adam Hicks]

Shot this at the Fort Worth Stockshow / Rodeo a few weeks ago. I think I caught the apex on this one.

http://210.245.164.161/albums2/adam12hicks/Rodeo/superhigh_portrait.jpg

Had quite a few fun shots out there... it was dim but the 200mm 1.8 helped :) Now I just need to run these through NN I suppose.

Adam

[Jessica Rabbit]

BEAUTIFUL!
I know how hard rodeo pics are to take sometimes. I really LOVE the second pic!

[neil_r]

AWSOME (and very big:confused: )

#2 is fabulous

When did cowboys start wearing hard hats?

N

[stoneylonesome]

Great shots, but you might want to resize them down a little, High speed connection and they still crawled in.

[Adam Hicks]

Oops well here's some others sized down to 1024 across... still kinda big, but I figured I'd share. I shoot mainly motorsports events for a high-gloss magazine, so this was my first attempt at catching a little action at the rodeo. Just wanted to try something different. I played with custom white balance, etc but it didn't look natural, so I just stuck with the AWB.

Adam

http://www.golilm.com/rodeo/wagonrace1_small.JPG

http://www.golilm.com/rodeo/Barrel2_small.JPG

http://www.golilm.com/rodeo/bronintheair_small.jpg

http://www.golilm.com/rodeo/losinhishat_small.jpg

http://www.golilm.com/rodeo/stronghorsebarrels_small.jpg

http://www.golilm.com/rodeo/thrownoff_small.jpg

[cmM]

wow, you have some really amazing captures there.

[dewmuw]

Talk about action shots - terrific job.

[Adam Hicks]

Thanks guys :) I don't post to the photo sharing boards often, but maybe I'll start sharing a little more often.

[am_pitbull_terrier]

I really like the first photo. Mainly because you caught the bull looking straight into the camera... he looks pretty intense

[RJSorensen]

Those are very nice . . . I love rodeos.

[thomascanty]

You got some great ones here. The barrel riders are always my favorite. There's just something about a good looking girl in a cowboy hat... ;)

And, I'm with Neil... What's up with the helmets?

[CyberDyneSystems]

Amazing shots! Wow.

[Scottes]

Defintiely some nice shots, but definitely a bit large, too. 4 megs of pics is a bit much.

[ayotnoms]

I'm glad you posted all them, size be damned. Excellent shots, one and all.

[Adam Hicks]

I rented a 200mm 1.8 for the rodeo (cost me $35 for the weekend!) and it was a lifesaver. f2.8 just wouldn't have been fast enough with such low light. Handholding that 200 1.8 did get a little heavy though ;)

Sorry about the large images... they were all full size and I just used a quick PS action that I have to size down to 1024 across... next time I'll do 800 across.

Adam

[IanD]

Those guys on the broncs don't look like they are having much fun. I'll stick to the merry-go-round:)
Excellent action shots.

[SuperFly]

Great Great action shots, that first one is amazing - well done,

Thanks for sharing these great pics.

[DSMITH131]

I aint a rodeo person but after seeing these it seems exciting nice shots

[Adam Hicks]

I'm not either, but I'm always up for a good challenge, and I figured high action + low light = challenge :)

[cesstrelle]

As silly as the helmets look, I think those are the smart cowboys. It's just like using a helmet on a motorcycle...for safety. Notice the vests? Those are especially made safety vests for when/if the bull steps on the cowboy...and they tend to do that alot.

[Michaelmjc]

wow that's pretty high for a bull. I liek the expression on his face, and I like looking at it over the computer. Sure wouldn't want to be the oen to get in his way. ouch.