derrickdehaan

Wow! What a fantastic image. Perfect in every way.

Congrats,

Derrick

WOW!

The image as a whole is fantastic! Congrats to you and your model.

Derrick

I love the beauty of a natural smile! Very nice shot! Not your run of the mill forced pose or smile. LOVE IT!

Derrick

While at work on this rig, I had the opportunity to take my new 5D mkII

out for its first photo journey. This is at sunrise following a brief morning

rain shower.

Thanks once again Fred for your comments.

On the downside of shooting these races with the 600mm on the crop sensor is the amount of usable frames. Perhaps 5 shots out of the gates before they are too close, and not enough time to switch to the other camera body before they are gone.

Thanks Fred,

I would have to go back through the program and see. I do know however that I cropped this photo on the right side to eliminate the tail of the leader. LOL So its safe to say that none of these 4 were getting their picture taken after the race.

If I remember right, both the wife and I lost on our wagers this race as well. LOL

Derrick

Photo taken with Canon 40D and Canon 600 f/4 IS. Comments very

much appreciated.

Thanks,

Derrick

Beautiful. I only wish her hand was a little lighter, but fantastic noone the less!

Derrick

I too like the loose crop. Well done.

Derrick

Thanks David. I too like a more crisp, frozen action image. This was one of the late races of the day and I was in experimentation mode. I took quite a few of the more traditional high shutter speed shots that day. This shot I lowered the ISO to 200 to drop the shutter speed down in aperture priority. I did an 8x10 print of this shot last night, and it actually looks crisp other than the legs and dirt. Therefore I am assuming much of what we see here is compression. I have decided to avoid horse racing shots with the low shutter speed as the general concensus is to totally freeze the action. Back to ISO 800 I go. Thanks for the input, much appreciated.

Derrick

Thanks for the words of inspriation Jody. And its nice to put Clyde's name with his photo, thank you for that. I will be there this weekend as well. I will be sure to try and meet folks this time.

Derrick

Thanks for the kind words Jody. Much appreciated.

Derrick

Although our track is not very pleasing to look at, I still have a grand

time shooting the race every Mother's Day. This shot is tighter than I

would have liked, but I was pleased to see "all fours" off of the ground at

once.

Thanks,

Derrick

A very strong image!

Derrick

Appreciate any comments or helpful suggestions. I know its a fairly tight

shot, but it is not a crop. Shot with 600mm f/4 IS.

Thanks,

Derrick

Love It!

Regards,

Derrick

Marc,

I cannot say for sure what is going on. I do know that the male in the nest stays with that deceased famale 90% of the time. Only leaving to feed, etc. I really do not know why the other male is tugging her feathers, but I do know that a fight between the two males ensued. I was only able to capture two shots, but the males tumbled to the ground and squabbled with each other. Forgive me Marc, for bird behavior is not a strong point of mine. Thanks for your interest.

Derrick