I don't think I posted any here, but my brain is fried and maybe I did

I like the shots, they have good color and show the rider and the horse jumping. I dont follow jumping but I do photograph rodeos and horse races. I am curious, is it "standard" to include all the jumps etc. in the photo? I notice a lot of space around the action. . .


What would happen if you were to shoot it like this:

It is fairly standard to include all the jumps, though occasionally, a verticle is done for effect.

I couldn't hold the camera for 12 hours a day, so, I had it on a tripod

Most people want to see what the whole horse is doing. I will crop it portrait style if the back end is doing something funky, like twisting or uneven back feet.

gotcha, I thought as much. You do a fine job, and under full bright sun, tough for any subject, you're getting good colors and detail in the shadows, well done, thanks for posting. . .

Nice job Julie. I too noticed you are getting good detail on the shadow side on what looks like a sunny day. How did you do that, is it post processing? Or maybe it was just lightly overcast and not full sun? Regardless the photos are really great!

3/4 of the show was overcast or raining. Sunday morning it was actually pretty and sunny, but it was morning. So, the light wasn't too harsh yet

I do usually bump my mid tones up in PS. So, it may be a combination of both the lighting and post processing. The sun was coming up right into the faces, so, the positioning couldn't have been better. I had to sit on that end of the arena as there wasn't really decent access to the other areas