CanDew

Determination

Every photographer knows that action shots are nearly impossible to capture perfect every time. When I'm shooting action, I always use manual mode and set ...
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Every photographer knows that action shots are nearly impossible to capture perfect every time. When I'm shooting action, I always use manual mode and set accordingly to conditions; then hope for the best. This shot was later in the day but the sun was still rather high. Using a 28-300mm lens on a Nikon 5200 and pulled back to only 118mm to get as full a frame as possible, I didn't realize the shot I captured until much later when going through the hundreds of shots taken that day at a playday at our local rodeo arena. From a distance, the determined facial expression couldn't be seen, nor the bounce in the saddle as this adorable six-year-old grabbed that horn and rode like she had years of experience. The focus was dead-on. The more I zoomed in on post processing, the more detail was seen.
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