This past Sunday I had the pleasure of taking in my first horse race. I went up to Monmouth Park Racetrack with family and friends for some gambling, grilling, and good ole fashion beer drinking – in no particular order. The experience was better than expected, even with the flood gates unleashing a two hour thunderstorm and over an inch of rain. Fortunately I grabbed some decent photos with my Canon Digital SLR while it was still dry.
For this picture I was shooting in RAW mode with a wide open aperture value of f/5.6 and the shutter speed set to 1/1250. My ISO setting was at 400. My post editing consisted of High Dynamic Range processing of this photo with Photomatix Pro 3.
Image Used in this Post
Race Horse image courtesy of flickr user Greg Molyneux published under the CC license.





7 Comments
Nice photo. I just love HDR processing.
I’m also beginning to think that Canon cameras can do no wrong. haha.
Sarah, what software are you using for HDR processing, Photoshop or something else?
The colors are so vibrant. Do you have the Cannon Digital Rebel Xti?
It is an older Canon Digital Rebel. I bought it off of a friend from work, and the camera is two years old. The vibrant colors are really accentuated by the HDR processing with the Photomatix software.
Thats cool, my mom got a Rebel Xti SLR for yearbook which she lets me use. SLRs are amazing. Nice work with the Photomatix!
Greg, I actually haven’t done any HDR myself, I just love the results on others’ work!
Me too! I hope I can someday produce some really high quality HDR photos.