Horse Racing Pics

[403Forbidden]

HI, just wanted to share some pics I took. These are from the past couple of weeks at Portland Meadows:

http://www.robspics.com/races/portlandmeadows/2005/oct22/images/IMG_2000a.jpg

http://www.robspics.com/races/portlandmeadows/2005/nov6/01.jpg

http://www.robspics.com/races/portlandmeadows/2005/nov6/03.jpg

[Figman]

What kind of camera? Those pics have awesome color.

[403Forbidden]

What kind of camera? Those pics have awesome color.

Thanks!

I used a Canon 20D camera coupled with a Canon 70-200mm f4L lens. I am just a beginner in photography, so I am pretty happy how these turned out.

You can see more of my horse racing pics on my site too! :)

[Zaf]

403,

Those are awesome !!!!!!!!!

ZAFONIC

[plainolebill]

You can get away with pretty slow shutter speeds at PM.

[Zaf]

You can get away with pretty slow shutter speeds at PM.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

ZAFONIC

[rokitman]

Real nice, 403.

[jotb]

HI, just wanted to share some pics I took. These are from the past couple of weeks at Portland Meadows:

http://www.robspics.com/races/portlandmeadows/2005/oct22/images/IMG_2000a.jpg

http://www.robspics.com/races/portlandmeadows/2005/nov6/01.jpg

http://www.robspics.com/races/portlandmeadows/2005/nov6/03.jpg

Hello:

Photo's are nice but the riders look terrible.

Joe






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[douglasw32]

OMG didn't notice that.
First of all these photos are PRO if you ask me, VERY VERY NICE!
Thanks for sharing.

And yes if you look the Jocks look like a bunch of guys that just got put on the horses ;)

Funny...

[DJofSD]

The 20D is at the very top of my list.

I'm in a serious quandry -- 20D, high-end HD-DVR or (gulp) replace the TV where DLP is what I really want.

Good photos.

DJofSD

[KirisClown]

Excellent photos.... nice job...

I especially like the center one...

[403Forbidden]

Thanks for the compliments guys! I'll share more soon.

DJofSD (member.php?u=889): if you plan on buying the 20D for taking horse racing pics, let me suggest you also buy the Canon 70-200mm f4L lens if you plan on shooting during sunny days.

However, if you need to shoot on cloudy/rainy/night conditions, then I would suggest using the Canon 70-200mm 2.8L lens.

[Zaf]

Yeah the center one is just awesome !!!!!!!!!!!

ZAFONIC

[michiken]

Very nice High Res photos. Now how about making PIXEL based Speed Figs from them??? :)

I can see it now... stretch comments:

- Lost by half a nose hair - 340 pixels.

- Jock was seen dropping a shiny object at 45,000 pixels from the wire.

- Rider accidentally strikes other horse with whip at the 120,000 pixel mark.

- Proof of giant backwind as the Finish was off 12,000 pixels that day!

- Photos prove that the stewards don't have a clue in the horses disqualification.

- Newly discovered evidence that one beaten length = 1,284,598 pixels exactly.

[Tom]

Thanks for sharing....GREAT photos. I put the one of the three horses driving on the cover of my handicapping notebook.

[Hosshead]

403, What were the shutter speeds? Had to be faster than 1/403 sec. !

[Dave Schwartz]

These are excellent.

We are looking to purchase the rights to some horse pictures. If you are interested, please send me a private email and we'll set up a time to discuss it.


Regards,
Dave Schwartz

[racingrev]

Sensational....

You would scoop the market if you came to Australia or New Zealand....

Love the outside of the square thinking with different angles...

:ThmbUp: :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp:

[46zilzal]

very good shots...wish I knew how to put some of my older ones up but the scans are always too large..

color tip: set the ASA about 1/4 to 1/3 a stop SLOWER to saturate the color

[JustRalph]

very good shots...wish I knew how to put some of my older ones up but the scans are always too large..

color tip: set the ASA about 1/4 to 1/3 a stop SLOWER to saturate the color

scan them....save them.....open them in a graphics program........then just resize them.

paintshop pro-photoshop- etc..........piece of cake.

[GameTheory]

color tip: set the ASA about 1/4 to 1/3 a stop SLOWER to saturate the colorProbably not applicable to digital photography is it? I would think digital is more akin to using "reversal" film (direct positive) and that overexposure will blow out your details never to be recovered, whereas with normal negative film a stop of overexposure will make nice dense negatives full of detail.

[46zilzal]

thought it was ALL light snestive either way digitally or film

[GameTheory]

thought it was ALL light snestive either way digitally or filmNo because it is a matter of how the film "stores" the light. With normal negative film, areas of light appear as areas of dark on the negative (which is why it is called a negative). That dark is physical/chemical "stuff" (different materials depending on b&w or color, etc.) and all the detail is captured in there. If you overexpose the negative, that just means you adjust your printing timing to bring out the details. Overexposure creates a "dense" negative. Whereas if you underexpose you can't bring out the detail later because you never captured it -- you don't have the material on the negative, it is basically just the glossy film backing with a "thin" layer of stuff.

So with positive (reversal) film, which is not used in still photography but sometimes with motion pictures (old home movies use reversal), you have to get the exposure just right -- over or underexposure and you lose the detail. (With this kind of film, the actual film you shoot is the same film you project later on the screen -- you don't make prints from it.)

Video and digital are much more akin to reversal film than negative film. So:

A) You have much less "latitude", i.e. room for exposure error, over and under than with film (although that is improving)

B) Overexposure blows out the details, and you can't get them back

I think with digital what you see is what you get, more or less.

[46zilzal]

can't get it to work all the files are TOO LARGE to accept as attachments

[DJofSD]

(With this kind of film, the actual film you shoot is the same film you project later on the screen -- you don't make prints from it.)

When the old beat up camera bag is pulled out of the closet, all I shot is this kind of film. Paul Simon liked Kodachrome. So do I!

DJofSD

[ezpace]

Very nice photo work with that Canon. Thanks!!!

[403Forbidden]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. I will be going to some more races soon, so I should be getting some more nice pics!

Hosshead (member.php?u=569), for horse racing, my shutter speeds normally range between 1/500th and 1/1000th of a second.

[DJofSD]

If you have the original files, look at the meta data. It should give you all the specific information such as shutter speed.

DJofSD

[Memogram]

I didn't know anyone went to Portland Meadows -- I didn't even know it was still open -- nice pictures.

[403Forbidden]

As you might be able to tell, I am new to horse racing.

Where are the more popular tracks located?

Are there any in the Pacific Northwest?

And why doesn't anyone like Portland Meadows?

Just wondering, thanks.

[Zaf]

Most popular tracks are located in NY, SoCal, Ky, Illinois, Fla.

Portland Meadows runs a lot of cheap stock. Its not that people dislike Portland Meadows, but are more interested in the major circuits. Emerald Downs is located in Washington State and is not considered a major track.

ZAFONIC

[46zilzal]

As you might be able to tell, I am new to horse racing.

Where are the more popular tracks located?

Are there any in the Pacific Northwest?

And why doesn't anyone like Portland Meadows?


Lone Oak, Salem at the Oregon State Fair
Grants Pass, Oregon
Ferndale California
Stockton, California
Emerald Downs, Auburn Washington
Hastings Park, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
defunct Playfair Spokane, Washington
defunct Yalima Meadows, Yakima Washington
Waitsburg race course, WA
Kin Park, Vernon B.C. Canada
Kamloops race course, Kamloops B.C. Canada
Sun Downs, Kennewick, Washington
Walla Walla (Southeastern Wash Fairgrounds), Wash.

[46zilzal]

Seattle Slew in his padddock 1988...might not have the quality of the digitals since it was a scan and the upper limit of photo size here is very small

[BetHorses!]

Nice shots!!!


I would like to see his Forbidden pics :D