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A few from Japan
« on: November 23, 2015, 06:20:06 am »

Hello my friends,

Here are some photographs captured during another Japanese horse back archery event, this time on the beach in Zushi.













More after the link.

Cheers,
Bernard

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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2015, 07:30:16 am »

Wow!
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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2015, 08:45:23 am »

Nice, Bernard. Technically excellent.
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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2015, 08:58:28 am »

Wow, yes, this is all I can say…

Mille fois bravo!
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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2015, 09:04:13 am »

Well worth the effort to post them and looking at them was well worth the effort. Very nice!

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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2015, 09:59:26 am »

Gee, Bernard, how do you achieve such pin-sharp images of high-speed subjects moving toward you? Care to share the technique?

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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2015, 04:42:36 pm »

Thanks for the kind words.

There were multiple challenges here:
- the movement of the horse isn't 100% predictable,
- the AF can lock on the head of the horse instead of locking on the rider,
- the crowd surrounding me was moving a bit, forcing me to adjust my position which isn't easy with a long lens and monopod.

The first thing is to know where to stand, which involves knowing the discipline and you equipment well. These events get very crowded and I had no particular accreditation giving me special privilegdes which forced me to position myself 2 hours before the start of the event. There was no way I could have moved more than 50 cm after that without generating a lot of frustration among the people standing around me.

Then the key is to select the right AF mode (here a mix of group AF and single point depending on the image) and to track the rider well. I used a monopod of course with the RRS monopod head which I find to be best for such applications. Still, success ratio isn't any close to 100% if you try to frame tight. Few images are completely out of focus, but few are 100% perfect.

Using a long lens (400mm here) helps with framing since you get to shoot the subject more from the front with less angular velocity.

In this context I find my equipment (D750 and 400mm f2.8 E FL) to perform well from an AF standpoint, even if I find the AF points of the body a bit too centered. Faster frame rates and a deeper buffer would also help. I will most probably invest in a D5 for such images. ;)

Voila. ;)

Cheers,
Bernard

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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2015, 12:37:06 am »

Bernard,

Aren't you going to tell us that the first three were actually stitched from 12 shots each?  :D

I always enjoy your mountain shots, but it is gratifying to see how well you can handle difficult, fast-action situations, too.
Beautiful work, as always.

Cheers,

Eric
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Re: A few from Japan
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2015, 06:41:14 pm »

Aren't you going to tell us that the first three were actually stitched from 12 shots each?  :D

I always enjoy your mountain shots, but it is gratifying to see how well you can handle difficult, fast-action situations, too.
Beautiful work, as always.

Thanks Eric,

Stitching those is the next challenge in line! ;)

Cheers,
Bernard
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