Polo

I used a long (1/60) exposure to give an impression of movement and

speed. I also wanted a good view of the setting too. What do you

think?

The horse is sharp enough, panning gives a feeling of motion. But the face of the jockey is all the way to the other side, giving us no info on his expression, and no chance to identify.

Arjen, Yes, it's a shame his face ids hidden, but the posture speaks (to me)of focus and involvement.

 

P

Super stop action capture!

I think you obtained the effect which you were looking for: motion.

 

cheers

 

Maria

Love the motion blur and the capture of this very fast, exciting game. Those little horses are so very well trained. You have excellent color and light.

 

How did you get the background blur? Were you panning? I have to learn to do this. My recent sports shots all have this static messy background, unless I get a closer zoom of the action, but I still don't get this nice motion blur. That just adds so much tension to the photo.

fantastic action shot and i love the BG !! one great shot...