Nissan Chatsworth Horse Trials

[Brian Mosley]

Hello everyone,

we had a short notice UK Photo Safari event yesterday in the grounds of Chatsworth House, England... the day was a great success with seven group members. and families attending.

I was able to secure free access for all, and press passes which allowed us access to all parts of the course. We're working on coordinating a field report now, and here are the first few highlight shots.

Brian Mosley
E-3, 50-200mm SWD
1/400 Sec f3.5 at 200mm iso100

E-420, 25mm f2.8 pancake
1/4000s f/2.8 at 25.0mm iso200

Paul Shields
E-3, 35-100mm f2
1/8000 Sec, f2.2 at 62mm iso320

E-3, 150mm f2
1/2000 Sec, f2 at 150mm iso160

We're concentrating on finishing this report in a new, collaborative way of working... hopefully this will result in a higher quality, more speedy output!

Kind Regards

Brian

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

You know, the funny part is, that there are still a lot of people out there who try to argue that Olympus is some kind of third tier system, best suited for absolute beginners who don't even dream about taking proper photos.

Great shots, all of them. Impossible to choose a favourite here

 

[jonoslack]

Great Stuff Brian and Paul.

I love that overhead shot. What a great trip.

 

[cmb_]

The overhead shot is really wonderful.

 

[helenhill]

You know, the funny part is, that there are still a lot of people out there who try to argue that Olympus is some kind of third tier system, best suited for absolute beginners who don't even dream about taking proper photos.

Great shots, all of them. Impossible to choose a favourite here

HOW TRUE IS THAT .......Jorgen
Too much gear snootiness /I agree poor Olympus

and soooo I'll have to join one of the oly threads sooon /I bought an E330 coupled with a cron 50mm f2 / comes tomorrow....YEAH!!

All the Shots are quite FAB /and another VOTE for the overhead w/shadow: DIVINE

BEST,H

 

[dhsimmonds]

You know, the funny part is, that there are still a lot of people out there who try to argue that Olympus is some kind of third tier system, best suited for absolute beginners who don't even dream about taking proper photos

I quite agree, it makes one think a bit when toting large heavy lenses with even heavier DSLR's around with huge price tags! Superb photography here but then it's not so much just the camera but also the eye behind the viewfinder that makes the picture!

 

[Brian Mosley]

Thanks everyone, we had a grand day out... and a good laugh, at the expense of some heavily laden 'conventional' DSLR users

When it's this hot, you really appreciate the compact and lightweight design that delivers superb image quality!

Someone suggested cropping the rider from above... I don't know whether you consider this an improvement?

Kind Regards

Brian

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Now you're talking. Here's the winner

 

[cmb_]

I like the crop but I also like the shadows along the top of the image in the uncropped version.

 

[helenhill]

I preferred the ORIGINAL (before cropping)
with the horse shadow
offsetting
the people & rail shadow from above.....LOVELY

Best, H

 

[Brian Mosley]

Thanks Helen, cmb

I think the crop has left too much empty space to the left perhaps? I may crop a bit more, but also like the original with just the bottom left corner sorted out. (Rich suggested this too)

Thank you for your comments

Kind Regards

Brian

 

[cmb_]

Thanks Helen, cmb
the bottom left corner sorted out.
Brian

agree with that

I do not think there is too much space to the left in the crop, I think it needs that space, gives the horse and rider room to travel to.

 

[Brian Mosley]

Fair enough... perhaps it will grow on me

Thanks for taking a look, and for your comments.

Kind Regards

Brian

 

[Brian Mosley]

Hello everyone,

I'm delighted to share that the follow-up report to this event has been kindly hosted by John Foster, of Biofos... you can read everyone's impressions of the day, and see the best shots of the day here :

http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/chatsworth.html

I'd appreciate your opinion on the article - it would be very useful to have some honest feedback, and constructive criticism most welcome!

Kind Regards

Brian