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tim
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 22:05
This is Trentham, in Upper Hutt, near Wellington, New Zealand. More images can be found here (http://www.mrwild.co.nz/PhotoGallery/2005/DayAtTheRaces/index.html).

http://mrwild.co.nz/unprotected/potn/horsey_1.jpg

http://mrwild.co.nz/unprotected/potn/horsey_2.jpg

http://mrwild.co.nz/unprotected/potn/horsey_3.jpg

http://mrwild.co.nz/unprotected/potn/horsey_4.jpg
Michaelmjc
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 22:12
First shot is amazing. Looks like he is going pretty fast!
tim
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 22:15
Thanks Michael, that was actually a lucky accident, it was on 1/125 by mistake, and I panned with the horse to get the background effect. It's actually what I wanted to do, it's just that for the rest of the shots I forgot and set the camera to about 1/1000th, doh! The horse was going pretty quickly.

I've found taking pictures while drunk doesn't work all that well, and taking photos hung over isn't much better. Today I think I was both drunk and hung over at the same time ;)
callady10
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 22:18
Hi I am new. I also photograph horses. Mainly Dressage shows and portraits. Great shots. They are hard to capture. I also shoot with a 20D.
tim
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 22:21
Welcome Callady, and thanks :) They are a bit tricky, especially when they're going at full speed along the track, they're huge impressive animals. I took 75 shots and only got a dozen or so I really liked. Of course I always take way more than I need to with digital, because it doesn't matter.
Jessica Rabbit
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 23:56
LOVE THE PICS!
The last one reminds me of the typical thoroughbred 'stupidity' traits. BEAUTIFUL SHOTS!
MarkoPolo
19th of March 2005 (Sat), 05:29
Great shots. Do horses run counter-clockwise in New Zealand?:lol:
HJMinard
19th of March 2005 (Sat), 08:03
Nice! Especially the first one ... that's a wonderful shot!
tim
19th of March 2005 (Sat), 15:50
Great shots. Do horses run counter-clockwise in New Zealand?:lol:

I believe it depends on the track. Yesterday they were running counter clockwise, this was the jockey bringing the horse back clockwise after the race.
TammieO
19th of March 2005 (Sat), 18:33
Those are really neat photos. Stopping the action like that in #1 and #3 is a feat in itself!
tim
19th of March 2005 (Sat), 19:34
Cheers. #1 was at 1/125 of a second, #2 was 1/500th. I panned with the horse for each of them, which seemed to work out ok :)