A 2 Year Old Arabian Shows Off
Lori Tucker - Young Arabian Stallion in Tennessee
Those members who attended the June meeting of the ACC were treated to a presentation of great photographs captured by Lori Tucker and Dale Forrest on a recent visit to an Arabian horse farm in Tennessee. The above shot was selected from several possibilities to post here due to it being an excellent example of this month’s assignment, i.e, the effective use of a slow shutter speed to depict motion. Lori stood in the center while “Probie” strutted his stuff by rapidly circling the ring. She used aperture priority mode (f/4.9) which allowed quick and easy experimentation to find the ideal shutter speed of 1/60 sec to maintain sharp focus as she panned the horse while pleasantly blurring the background. There is still motion apparent in the chestnut’s mane as it gallops by. The natural, soft light was ideal.
The camera is a Nikon D200 fitted with a Nikkor 35-70 2.8 lens zoomed to about 52mm. The ISO was a low 100. The result of all this careful planning and expert execution is apparent.
Lori,
There is incredible energy in this photograph. I can feel the adrenaline–his as well as yours. Great shot.
Sandy Pinto
Beautiful……..Picture. How you can do this? It’s very very good . I can feel something in his eye.
Beautiful photograph and a beautiful creature!
A demonstration of how complementary colours work – in this case the bluey-greens engaging the burnt-raw sienna of the horse where the warm colours are pushed out towards the riveted observer, while the cooler hues receding into the background.
The movement is accentuated and reinforced by the strong directional lines of the fence which also strengthens the base of the composition. The faint suggestion of the top bar to the right of the mane could be strengthened? “Neigh!” I would make that tiny little bit the same colour as the blue rail on the left, thus acting as an apostrophe to the overall image.
I also like how “© Lori Tucker” is quietly tucked away into the bottom rail without tugging at the rest of image.
Excellent!
Very nice! Such crisp lines between the horse and the blurred background. The color contrast is wonderful between the light chestnut brown and the summer leaves. The fence is nice because, to me, it adds an grounding element that ensures you of what is going on and lets you know its not some horse ‘shopped into a green background.
wonderful shot..I was fortunate enough to get to see all the shots during the last meeting and each one was a winner in my book!