On 4/19/05, wendy beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All the recent talk about Dave's horsey shots reminded > me that I have a few myself from last summer. > There is a big event in July called the Capital > Classic and has some quite big money prizes. One of > the small money events is the half-time entertainment > of the Horse-Dog relay. The dog and handler run an > agility course set up in te same ring. As they cross > the finish line, the horse starts its half of the > course. Knocked bars are penalised as time faults. > Fastest team wins. > My friend's dog was injured and couldn't run so I took > over her slot with my dog. Handed over the camera to > her so she could take a few pics of the event. By the > time I had run, she was moaning that her back hurt and > the camera was too heavy (*istD !!!) so I took over. > Couldn't resist taking a couple of the pretty > gee-gees. > In the short time I was watching the action I noticed > that there was one jump which was incurring a lot of > knocked bars. It would have been fun to camp out on > that jump but I imagine if I'd been shooting for > money, not a lot of riders would have been buying pics > from me :-) > > http://www.pbase.com/muddypawz/equestrian >
I especially like the one of the horse walking on his/her front legs: http://www.pbase.com/muddypawz/image/37306308 I had no idea they could teach horses to do that, especially with a rider on its back! Seriously, nice work. Dave's got some competition now. <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
