Going Burleigh Horse Trials tomorrow.

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Would welcome suggestions as to how to get the best from my 18-55 lens..eg freezing the horses doing the cross country, or gtting nice blurred background.They're going to be moving pretty sharpish doing the cross country.
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Hmmm, ive been to Burghley for the last couple of years and the crowds are massive. You will need to get there REALLY early, pick your spot on the course and stay there so that you are as close as possible to the horses if you are to get much from your 18-55mm lens.

Settings wise, last year I mainly used continuous servo AF and a shutter speed of around 1/1000th with ISO to suit. I dont think you will be close enough to be able to really blur the backgrounds with shallow DOF to be honest, so it may be worth having an experiment with slower shutter speeds and panning to get dynamic images with plenty of movement.

Hope you have a great day! I cant make it this year so am slightly jealous :D
 
Thanks,Nick.I just hope the sun shines!
I know my kit lens willhave limitations and thanks for the tips.
Mind you, the prices now are really too much :)
 
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