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Published: 2014-06-30 06:26:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 651; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Feet are overrated. I love getting closeups of racehorses and jockeys like this. Even zoomed in, I feel like that sense of speed is not only still there but stronger because of the intensity you can see in their expressions and body language that you miss when you zoom out. Magazines want win photos with the whole horse in the image, but I like closeups. Gotta time it just right in order to get an up close shot like this while still giving yourself that fraction of a second to zoom out again for the win shot. (Well, or use more than one camera.)
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you are one of the best horse racing photographers. But what track is this, Ruidoso?
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Awww, thank you! 
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It sounds like the county fair circuit in Wisconsin. Although I don't know how many county fairs still have horse racing. Most of the tracks are given over to stock cars now. Although horse racing is still alive in some Midwest county fairs; my local paper just had an article printed about a local girl who drives harness horses. Harness racing on the frozen Rock River in the winter used to be a big deal here when the blast furnaces were still running. The iron company used to run Harvest Farms, which bred Standardbreds, draft horses, and champion cattle.
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Yes, often that is true. Although personally I get it more from just a bit further out 
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I totally agree with you there, you can see the sense of speed from the horse's hair movement and the clothing on the jockeys. I think that in a way this close up is a bit more personal since you can see more details on the jockeys' faces and the horse's. Great work, I always love your photography.
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No problem 
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This is a really gorgeous shot!
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Whoa... The horses are looking right at you! Friends of yours?
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For a lot of these horses at this particular track, I'm the first big camera they ever see. It's why I try not to make any sudden moves, eliminate all glare, run on silent, and give them lots of opportunities before and after races to sniff and investigate it.
Though he's probably just interested in the crowd, of which I'm a part.
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