Barrel Racer

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted July 26, 2015103 views6 comments

Here's a photo of a barrel racer, which I took at the very small town rodeo in Pagosa Springs, CO. I liked her flying hair and the dust and dirt kicked up by the horses' hooves. Taken with a D750, Sigma 120-300 at 220, 1/2500, f/3.2 and Auto ISO at 2800. I added about 20% canvas to the left side to get the rider more off center. Richard

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 26, 2015 at 6:11 PM

Great action shot! The flying hair of the rider is what sets this image off from other barrel racer photos I have seen. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on July 27, 2015 at 9:17 PM

Awesome shot , love the hair and flying dirt really gives the added scene of drama to the event !

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 28, 2015 at 6:32 PM

Love the detailed stop action Richard!.. And combined with that hair routine it's a great shot.

Techs look right on the money, good call adding the space left to make the comp work best..

I bet this ain't her first rodeo either enlightened Well done devil

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on July 31, 2015 at 1:23 PM

Great action image. Everything you mentioned about the image works together to make this really work. The color of the barrel and the shirt adds a very nice contrast to the brown.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on August 2, 2015 at 4:07 PM

Great action and wonderful color. Nicely done, Richard.

--P

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 2, 2015 at 10:36 PM

Hey Richard,
This is excellent and well composed with the added canvas.
laugh Man !

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