Military riding

[dogyakker]

I got my 1d mk1 arrived in the mail the other day (thanks Ville!) and as it happens these guys were competing on a field near me. Gotta love that eight frames a second!

1.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x196/dogyakker/291B0114.jpg

2.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x196/dogyakker/291B0170-Edit-2.jpg

3.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x196/dogyakker/291B0180.jpg

4.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x196/dogyakker/IMG_0063.jpg

Only trouble is - I think I may have lost my 400d to my girlie! Even nicked my lens! Still she did get this - bless her, at least as good as mine for about a thousand times less practise! (I hate her!):sulk:

5.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x196/dogyakker/291B0153.jpg

[CraigF]

Have to be honest and say if your girl shot the last picture then give her the camera, its easily the sharpest and best of the lot.

[dogyakker]

Hmmm - your right. It doesnt look like that on the originals - its as sharp but no better. Apart from number 4 which isnt the one I ment to upload they are all equally sharp on the original files.

Would compressing them on photobucket affect them differently? Maybe its my very hamfisted post processing? (although I do really like number 3) Mine are converted RAWs whereas the last is straight from the camera with just a slight crop.

Chris

[dogyakker]

Just had a real close look at the 1d ones again and there seems to be a sort of cross hatch pattern in the pic when you zoom in close rather than it being smooth. Its really noticable on the horses flanks. Any ideas what this is? Surely its not just the age of the camera versus the newer 400d?

Chris (Really peed off that pics he thought were quite good dont stand up to close inspection!)

[h.r.ford]

I have to say the 2 of the grey really seem to be over-processed and that is why they look so strange. The first and last don't look nearly as fake. Looks like you underexposed the 2 greys and then overdid getting the exposure back.

Looks like a great day out though. Considering my gelding used to think black and white cows terrifying I can't imagine him doing that!

[dogyakker]

I have to say the 2 of the grey really seem to be over-processed and that is why they look so strange. The first and last don't look nearly as fake. Looks like you underexposed the 2 greys and then overdid getting the exposure back.

Looks like a great day out though. Considering my gelding used to think black and white cows terrifying I can't imagine him doing that!

Totally right - I didnt want to use flash in case I put the horses off! So I exposed for the sky and then used the fill light thingy in Lightroom - I actually quite like it but will this make it look so soft as CraigF rightly pointed out? I'm very new to the PP lark and am only now starting to find out the limitations of both the software and myself!

Thanks,
Chris

[dogyakker]

Aaaah - or.......

is it because shooting into the light means the autofocus isnt as acurrate because the horse is in shadow so it cant lock on?

Think I might have just answered my own question!

Chris

[h.r.ford]

I have to say shooting horses is not the easiest task. Hacker is probably the best person to talk to. When I'm shooting horses over fences I usually set up at one fence and manually focus to the fence then I am sure (or pretty sure) to get the horse in focus.

But really I don't think the focus is off on the 2 greys that bad I think it is the PP that brings out all the noise and makes them look oof.

When I'm shooting on the flat which is what I mostly do over on this side of the pond (my arabs don't really jump over here) is I focus on the shoulder and use f8 to ensure I get the head in focus (and the rider) too. Amazingly enough most riders want to be able to tell it's them riding (the nerve!).

[mmcp42]

so
these guys are firing guns as the horses jump
and you're worried about flash!

#2 is a cracker - caught the discharge perfectly

see what you mean about the "cross-hatching"
almost looks like you were on incredibly high ISO
but exif says not :shrug:

[admirable]

so
these guys are firing guns as the horses jump
and you're worried about flash!

#2 is a cracker - caught the discharge perfectly

see what you mean about the "cross-hatching"
almost looks like you were on incredibly high ISO
but exif says not :shrug:

and that's from a man that CAN take a picture of a horse! ;)

[Hacker]

Now that is an unusual set of pics! Your timing is spot on with #2 although as others have said there is a lot of PP noise. I've had a quick look at the EXIF and I notice that Pattern metering was used which I presume is the same as Matrix metering on a Nikon. If that is the case the camera will be metering mainly for the bright sky, add to that the fact that you're low down and you've dialled in -1EV and your rider is going to be woefully underexposed. Next time try the centre weighted metering option and try and meter manually exposing for the horse and rider.

Any chance of seeing the original?


so
these guys are firing guns as the horses jump
and you're worried about flash!



:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Matt Sayle]

#2 is a cracker - caught the discharge perfectly



:agree: