Down the front stretch

This and the other images in my "Day at the races" folder were taken

at Santa Anita park on "Cap Day" March 6, 2004. There were 3 stakes

races that afternoon.

 

I appreciate your comments and feedback on this, and other images or

presenations in my portfolio.

Good photo Greg

The image is reasonably sharp and exposure is OK, but generally speaking I don't care as much for racing photos where the horses are at an angle past the camera. I find that the best angle at the track, if you have a long enough lens, is to position yourself at the top of the stretch so that the horses coming around the turn are running almost towards you. This is a very dramatic angle and about the only place you can that kind of shot at the track. There's usually also not too many people in the way.

Firstly, there is no way you can judge how sharp an image is from a JPG. I have hundreds of racing photos (I once covered Santa Anita while Sea Biscuit was in production). Take a look at the folder if you want to see some recent ones, I'll put up some older images soon.

 

Greg