Dance of the Horse and Rider by ShutterChemist Photography
ShutterChemist Photography

Dance of the Horse and Rider by

A thoroughbred and jockey fly past. I tried with this piece to capture the essence of the race and the horse—the smell of sweat, the movement, and the impression of sheer power in its musculature.

Featured in The Woman Photographer!
Featured in the Horse and Rider!

camera: Sony A300 w/ kit lens

“Dance of the Horse and Rider” is revisited in The Work and the Glory. I wanted something with a little more emphasis on the horse’s movement and form.

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jockey, thoroughbred, rider, derby, muscle, kentucky, keeneland, horse, racing, wind, movement

Comments

  • ~ Ademac
    ~ Ademacover 2 years ago

    Brilliant capture………………….

  • Thank you, Ademac!

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  • walela
    walelaover 2 years ago

    wonderful capture!!

  • Thanks for stopping by and commenting! :)

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  • Ian David Soar
    Ian David Soarover 2 years ago

    Nice….I like this a lot !!!

  • Thanks a ton, Ian!

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  • Kenton Elliott
    Kenton Elliottover 2 years ago

    I love what you’ve done with this…. superb!!

  • Thank you, Kenton. I went to the races at Keeneland back in the spring (also see Released) and had already picked out my favorite shots. I was going through to discard unusable shots, and I almost threw this one out as a poor panning experiment. Thankfully, I decided to edit it and see what I could come up with.

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  • Jenny Ryan
    Jenny Ryanover 2 years ago

  • I’m so grateful for the feature :)

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  • Alice Kent
    Alice Kentover 2 years ago

    Wow, the movement and action in this shot is just incredible!! Well done :)

  • Thank you for your comment, Alice!

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  • SarahCook
    SarahCookover 2 years ago

    VERY COOL!!!! Nice work!

  • :D Thanks, Sarah! I’m so glad you like it.

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  • kevintoronto
    kevintorontoover 2 years ago

    Very cool!

  • Thanks, Kevin :) As you can see, I’m not such a purist.

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  • Milos Markovic
    Milos Markovicover 2 years ago

    Very intense and captured with much feeling.
    Congratulations.

  • Thank you so much for the compliment, Milos!

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  • belle2593
    belle2593over 2 years ago

    So beauitful.
    Truly amazing capture.

  • Thanks a ton! I’m glad you enjoy it :)

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