Sport

August 14, 2011 in Photography

Barrel race at the county fair, I like the fair in this county of less than 30,000 people. The barrels were a distracting bright yellow so I messed with the color.

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August 22, 2011 at 4:14 am

Christina, Sweden

very nice processed and I like the movement in this one

August 18, 2011 at 8:27 pm

Scrap Chef

Great looking subjects, horse and rider both in perfect harmony…the swing of the girl’s ponytail even echoes the motion of the pony’s tail. Cool processing, too…makes it feel so intense.

August 16, 2011 at 8:17 am

KarenAnn

You’ve caught the horse’s anticipation of the event wonderfully. My daughter barrel races and loves the event. But we do require a helmet! Thousand pound animals can pack a punch in this sport! Your super processing adds a vintage feel as there is so much neon equipment etc these days.

August 15, 2011 at 6:35 pm

Steven

I see the Les Schwab bags! They are bright so I agree that toning them down allows the viewer to place the attention on the beautiful horse and rider.

August 15, 2011 at 6:31 pm

Lorri

I like the motion showing in that ponytail!

August 15, 2011 at 5:38 pm

Bobbie

Great action shot that captures the intensity and the focus of both horse and rider.

August 15, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Gisele

I like the processing of this – what did you do? The horse’s muscles are amazing. I’m a bit surprised that the rider isn’t wearing a helmet, but I don’t know anything about barrel racing.

August 15, 2011 at 7:21 pm

Ellen

Gisele, I added a black and white adjustment layer ( I don’t know if Elements has that) after a Topaz Adjust ‘details’ tweaked and set the blend mode to hard light and masked bits.

August 15, 2011 at 7:55 am

lsvejda

Nice action shot of the horse and rider.

August 15, 2011 at 7:53 am

Anonymous Too

I think your processing really suited this subject – the musculature of that horse shows beautifully. Love the rider’s flying ponytail and the pink shinguards (?) on the horse too.

August 15, 2011 at 5:33 am

~Val