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Hooves in sand



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cameraCanon EOS 7D

settings Aperture f/6.3 ISO 320 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 190/1 

upload_dateOct, 2017

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4 Comments |
KaKiteTokuKanohi
 
KaKiteTokuKanohi February 21, 2018
Thank you
Snooky
 
Snooky March 15, 2018
Bravo
Merlot
 
Merlot April 03, 2018
Great capture
thunderlake Platinum
 
thunderlake January 27, 2019
So Creative!!

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#horse #canter #black and white #arena #sand #pony
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in an arena, in the Waikato, New Zealand, while my daughter was having a horse riding lesson.

Time

It was taken late afternoon in winter, there had recently been a rain storm, which had caused the sand to clump rather than powder under the horses hoofs, which in turn made the sand particles really visible.

Lighting

It was a taken with a low very strong winter sun angling in from the right, which has caused the distinct shadowing to the left side of the leg, and the light reflecting off the sand.

Equipment

Hand held canon 7D with a 70-200mm f2.8 lens (non-stabilised version). I was crouched low to the side of the arena and had positioned myself so that the strong highlight was cast of the leg as the horse turned a corner.

Inspiration

I was facebook challenged to post a black and white photograph every day for 7 days, each photograph showing something of your life from that day. This day was my daughters horse lesson and portrayed what I watch every week. I had been thinking for some time that the sand thrown by the hoofs always looks particularly cool and it just so happened that when I was challenged the weather and lighting had come together. It seemed a shame not to use the moment provided.

Editing

Aside from cropping and a little lightening of the shadows in light-room very little processing occurred.

In my camera bag

I often carry only my canon 7D and the 70-200mm lens with a polarising filter (not used in this photo). Otherwise I will carry a 50mm prime, 17-55mm wide angle lens (which I use as a travel lens), and a tripod (with a detachable leg to make it a monopod). Thats quite enough to carry thank you very much!

Feedback

The positioning of the sunlight was key along with a sand arena that was heavily wet. Do not be afraid to get your knees dirty while you are down low. Before you try any photography like this with a horse you need to spend a lot of time beforehand making sure that the horse is comfortable with you being on the ground, as any low unexpected object is likely to trigger a fright complex and cause mayhem when the horse startles and bolts. I then pre-selected the focus with f 6.3 and a relatively high shutter speed of 1/180 (ISO had to be 380 to manage this) on the optimum part of the turn and started taking photographs...lots of photographs. For those that are interested I was about 7m from the subject when the photo was taken. Oh and lastly it helps to be a little brave while on the ground with a horse thundering around.

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