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X-T2: Winter Sleigh Derby


GilBarib

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Hi

 

Here a few from a Winter Sleigh Derby.

 

 

For those of you not familiar with the sport these are time trials races on a 380 meters course with 8 gates and 6 fence-like obstacles.

 

Each team has to go thru the gates and around the obstacles in the shortest time, but there is a 5 seconds penalty if they knock down the small balls sitting on top of the cones of a gate.

Same thing with the small wooden block sitting on one of the post of the fence obstacles, those will make them loose a extra 10 sec each.

 

And to make it a bit more challenging, the course is not linear but rather randomly set in a 100 x 100 meter field and you have to do it in the right order.

 

The gates are numbered from 1 to 8 and the obstacle from A to F, first they'll do all the gates in order and then go around each of the obstacles once again in order, get it wrong and it's a disqualification.

For the horse handlers (les meneurs) it's more about control and finesse than brute power and speed,

 

It's a great type of race to photography since they will pass in front of you a few time, so you get a chance to shoot from a variety of different angles all while standing on the same spot.    

 

Shot in AFC with a gripped X-T2 on boost at 11 fps ( great to catch the horses with four hooves in the air).  The XF50-140's range was perfect for shooting from different angles.

Shot in Raw, PP in LR 6.8, Irident's X-Transformer and Nik's PreSharp + ColorFX.

 

The Flickr Album (44 pics as of now): https://flic.kr/s/aHskSW6jvd

 

32460353946_a221e0246c_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #49 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

31675638273_ec15e6f18c_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #42 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

32365217621_5d84a6d23d_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #23 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

31636849783_5d92c13a1b_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #9 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

32297453562_9fbf403509_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #11 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

31605078214_8584aedeb3_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #4 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

31675567443_1612a8cfe3_b.jpgDerby de Shannon #41 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

 

 

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Hi again !

 

Here's a few more from another Derby (I think I'm starting to love shooting horses)....

31768742634_00c3df6288_b.jpgDerby La Durantaye #18 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

31799939943_a7054329a8_b.jpgDerby La Durantaye #17 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

32435723782_ee1e931a8d_b.jpgDerby La Durantaye #6 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

32548066516_3db1a59793_b.jpgDerby La Durantaye #5 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

32209312090_6321d2aea9_b.jpgDerby La Durantaye #2 by Gilles Baribeau, on Flickr

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