f2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 6400
Went back for another round at the show jumping. Tricker all round this time, the light was much darker (overcast outside so far less light coming through the skylights) which forced me to drop the aperture and up the ISO very high. At 6400 I've found I even have to do a small noise reduction on the fully resized version for web upload to get it looking clean.
The other trick was that this time around the jumping was much lower heights - many of the early ones were almost a hop rather than a full jump. That made things a lot harder - far less clue from the horse and rider and when the event did happen it really was over in seconds (oft both fore and rear legs never left the ground at the same time the jumps were so low).
That said I think I've nearly mastered shooting with both rear legs on the ground - now I just need to time a few milliseconds later for the launch.
General points aside by the end there were some higher jumps and this pair shot around the arena like crazy compared to the rest. Youngest (I think) rider and smallest two horses on the day and shot around the fastest with the most spring in the jumps (which of course made for some neat shots!)
