Silver Cat

Silver Cat sweeps past the opposition to win at Woolamai picnic

races. Panned at 1/100sec.

Great shot, wonderful feel of motion.

Very nicely done!! Fantastic shot! Congrats...LJ

Very well done. I can hear the thunder of their hooves.

great motion shot

Excellent work!

regards

vallery

To Rob, Lesa, Gunga Jim, Julian and Vallery - thank you all very much for your generous comments I do appreciate them. I wasn't too sure how this one would be received but I had a liking for it myself and it seems others do too. Thanks again and all the best for 2007, Neil

B&W works so well for this shot, and I love how the horses legs seem to be fanned out evenly across the bottom of the picture. A flurry of motion below & frozen action above!

Thanks very much Terri. Thanks for your support in 2006 and I wish you all the best for 2007. Kind regards, Neil

Excelente imagen, gran encuadre, perfecta luz, B/W. magnifica composicion, saludos cordiales Neil, Feliz 2007.

Well panned Neil. The sharpness is impressive and the shot puts you into the centre of the action. Happy New Year to you & yours.

Nice shot!What a speed!

 

Ulrika

I think this is the perfect shutter speed, just the right combination of sharpness and movement. I can hear the pounding hoofs, fabulous work!

Julio,muchas gracias. Deseandole buena fotografia en 2007, Neil

 

Kah, thank you very much for the comments and wishes. All the best to you for 2007, Neil

 

Donn, thank you for looking and commenting. Happy New Year, Neil

 

Ulrika, thanks very much for commenting. All the best in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

that good eye you have, tipico picture for a mural. exitos NEIL

magnificent action shot! wonderfully taken. regards!

Very nicely done. Happy New Year.

To Ricar, Umair and Xiang - thank you very much for your generous comments. Kind regards, Neil

Great sense of speed. Fantastic

Thanks for the kind comments Gianpaolo. Regards, Neil

Neil,

this shot inspire me, I allways want go on such race and shot, shot, and shot... so your shot is perfectly and I back to it many times ! I'm so currious about this shot Neil ! Gratulation ! J.

Great stuff! This is near impossible. You did it!

Thanks very much for your kind comments Jarek. This was taken at a country track not far from where I live. It was what we call a picnic meeting . The horses are not of a high standard and prize money is about US$350 a race. Nevertheless, the action is just as intense as at the city meetings.

 

I spent most of the meeting shooting slow shutter speed pans. This was the best of them. I was lucky to get four horses abreast with Silver Cat at full stretch. And at 1/100sec, I managed to get a good balance of sharpness in jockeys and horse bodies and blur in legs and background/forground. It was a very bright sunny day and contrast was bad the colour version of this photo, so I turned it into black and white which softened the effect somewhat. Glad you like the photo Jarek. Kind regards, Neil

Thanks very much for your kind comments. I'm glad you like the photo. I do a lot of this slow shutter speed panning at the races but seldom get anything that I'm happy with. I think there is a lot of luck involved in this type of shot as well as technique. Thanks again. All the best, Neil

What an incredible capture! Great work Neil, I love it!