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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Right on, Tom: People in Rodeo photos ..... unless you're a professional and can get access to the dirt. |
Sep 25th |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
So I've heard, but I don't use Lightroom. thanks
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Sep 22nd |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Reply |
Right: ISO 1600, 200mm w/a Canon L Lens, f:4, ss 1/200 Aperture Priority .... and at early night. In "post" I used a "de-noiser" from Imaginomic. I think the steer and the wrangler came out ok, however. |
Sep 21st |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Several, but I'm only familiar with one and that is that the Bulldogger and his partner, not shown here, can't come out of the chute before the steer does. It's a timed event, and it's the judge who determines when the steer is down, after which he raises a small flag you can see in his hand and the person on the timer stops the clock. All the other rules are details that only a wrangler is interested in. I think. Does anyone know more than that?
At the point shown in the photo, the Wrangler has left his mount and grabbed the horns and is twisting them in order to bring the steer to the ground. See the image in last month's DD32 for a photo of a different Wrangler who is in the process of leaving his mount and traversing in mid air to grab the steer's horns.
There is a second mounted cowboy who teams up with the Wrangler and is on the other side of the steer in an attempt to keep the steer running straight. The Cowboy's "mount" is a highly trained horse to keep next to the steer. See Tom's sequence in last month's DD32. |
Sep 11th |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
As Som said in his description of the Polar Bear "The wilderness is not one's studio, so......." well the same thing applies to a rodeo arena. You can do your best after some trial and error about where to place yourself in the stands, and get the right lens, but especially in outdoors evening events you are limited to what you can get before the light gives out....
About the two men: they are judges to ensure the rider follows the rules. As such, one could like the shot better without them, but "now you know the rest of the story"...... And having them included creates a higher degree of authenticity vs. a "cowboy just practicing" or a "setup." |
Sep 8th |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
I like the fact that you don't have any distractions or eye-snags in either fore or back ground. Sometimes, there just aren't any pixels to darken (paw) so you must resort to a bit of cloning. Experiment with Opacity.
Mature male lions are very good subjects for ph'y and some are just better than others. This is a nice one |
Sep 3rd |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
the darkening or blurring of the people in the background is helpful as you've done it.
Darkening the eyes question: Like the old story: You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still going to be a pig." In re your Q: Dark eyes are what she had and what most of her/his colleagues would have had. You have a picture of "what she looked like." Don't add the 'lipstick'..... These are fun events only because the participants are having fun all dressed up and clowing around. |
Sep 1st |
| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
I think I'll beat Diana to the comment of "how about increasing the contrast?" I did it on Brightness/Contrast to +87 to get this effect.
A nice historical image along with having a family tie.
Composition is nice.
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Sep 1st |
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| 32 |
Sep 24 |
Comment |
Interested? Me too. I got my advanced training in Field Artillery Fire Direction Control (105mm Howitzer) at the end of the Korean Conflict. Then I got sent to Austria. Not only cannons, but Army and Cavalry. And I've been to Shiloh. Memorable.
The cannons in your photo are nicely composed and their tonalities and sharpness leave nothing to be desired. And, I like mono better than the Color. |
Sep 1st |
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