Posted By: Dee Dee
Andalusian Stallion - 09/05/07 09:19 AM
Here are a few from the last go. The lighting was a big challenge for me, gorgeous grounds but mostly shade with dappled sunlight to full sunlight. So as he was galloping around he was going in and out of the bright and dark lighting. I was blowing some highlights and getting dark/noise/bit of blur a lot but enough keepers that I didn't lose face too badly. I kept wondering though if there was more I could have done, and what kind of advice you guys might have for this kind of situation?
I was mainly shooting shutter priority because again, stopping action was most important and I'd rather lighten up a darker image on a light colored horse like this (although I really hate how it looks) than to have the blur. I was shooting at ISO 640 and sometimes 800.
I made some mistakes but also learned a lot! The owner asked for some shots of her and the stallion too, so I have been getting some people practice. But I could have done better on the lighting, it was shady but sunny out so I should have gotten good still shots but I was very happy with most of the posed ones.
I don't mind the blown highlights much in these but I'll put in an example of a bad one, with the owner in the last pic here, where I am sure I should have done something different to get a better shot??
The most painful part of the day was when he came bursting out of the trees full bore, and LEAPED over a big log...I'll never forget the sound of his galloping hooves and then silence as he was airborn, long mane flying it was gorgeous...and I missed the shot!!! You couldn't see where he was half the time so I didn't see or hear him coming until it was too late and we couldn't get him interested in jumping it a second time.
I was mainly shooting shutter priority because again, stopping action was most important and I'd rather lighten up a darker image on a light colored horse like this (although I really hate how it looks) than to have the blur. I was shooting at ISO 640 and sometimes 800.
I made some mistakes but also learned a lot! The owner asked for some shots of her and the stallion too, so I have been getting some people practice. But I could have done better on the lighting, it was shady but sunny out so I should have gotten good still shots but I was very happy with most of the posed ones.
I don't mind the blown highlights much in these but I'll put in an example of a bad one, with the owner in the last pic here, where I am sure I should have done something different to get a better shot??
The most painful part of the day was when he came bursting out of the trees full bore, and LEAPED over a big log...I'll never forget the sound of his galloping hooves and then silence as he was airborn, long mane flying it was gorgeous...and I missed the shot!!! You couldn't see where he was half the time so I didn't see or hear him coming until it was too late and we couldn't get him interested in jumping it a second time.