Thanks for your comments Bruce.I knew someone would comment on the scan.It was done at a 1 hour place and i told them is was for my web site so he made a small image but at least people can see what i shot, for the most part. I agree with your remarks about the crop,and background however i have no control over how they place these jumps so i try to find the best of both forground and background.When i'm better known i will be admitted into the ring and will have a better view of things. How i set up is also important.I watch a few practice rounds to find a good location,check framing and 'dry shoot' to help with my timing.I find hand held for me better as in a lot of shows if i shoot more than one jump from a location i have to move quickly a few feet left or right,making a tripod a bit of a pain,but i understand what you are saying about using one.By moving around my location i can usually get 2-4 jumps from the side(as in the pug submition),at about 30-40 degrees and hopefully 1 from the front.Also the higher the jump the better hang tiome i have to play with. The team i follow is from the stable we board at and have 20 -25 riders at a show.If all goes well i can take 10-12 shots per rider per show.Last season i ran off just under 1000 frames and about 400 of them have most aspects of a good photo.But for the most part things like poor timing,horse or rider not doing quite what they are supposed to are just plain miss the shot are not uncommon.I used the best ones last year to put a yearbook together for the kids and they loved it. As you may have quessed show jumping photography takes up 90% of my time but i have yet to abandon landscapes b&w etc. Once again Bruce thanks for the comments,they are appreciated very much.I hope this does not sound like a bitching,just wanted to give everyone an idea of haow i go about this. Great shots this month everyone David from Toronto(area) Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
