A horse racing

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xia23
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Once I went to a horse racing ground in 2009. I did not buy a ticket for betting, I did not want to, stingy in one respect, not interested in betting or gambling in another respect. Even I did not buy a ticket, I could still get into the racing ground. The only thing I wanted was taking some pictures (All pictures were taken in both JPG and NEF (Nikon RAW) formats. All pictures were modified from NEF files and saved as JPG files with names related to a brief discription of modification methods used).

I took some pictures of the racing ground, and stitched them together manually with a free software called photostitch, like this:

When I chopped the photo using Photoshop 7.0 and HDR(high dynamic range)ed with (D. Lighting in Nikon Captre Editor 4.3.0), it looked like this:

 

The following picture was taken when horses were at the far left site of the racing ground (above picture), with Nikon D70, iso 200, 1/1000 s, f9.5, 500 mm (equivalent to 750 mm in 24x36 mm standard, Sigma 50-500 mm):

Autoleveled, sharpened with Corel AfterShot Pro 2021:

Modified with Nikon Capture Editor 4.3.0:

The follwing one was taken with Nikon D70, iso 200, 1/1000s, f9.5, 370 mm:

Autoleveled, straightened, sharpened with Corel AfterShot Pro 2021:

Modified with Nikon Capture Editor 4.3.0:

The following one is a panning picture with iso 200, 1/45 s, f32, 195 mm, on a tripod. The camera was following the movement of the horses and jockeys horizontally:

Autoleveled, sharpened with Corel AfterShot Pro 2021:

Modified with Nikon Capture Editor 4.3.0:

The following one is a panning picture with iso 200, 1/45 s, f32, 195 mm, on a tripod. The camera was following the movement of the horses and jockeys horizontally:

Autoleveled, straightened, sharpened with Corel AfterShot Pro 2021:

Modified with Nikon Capture Editor 4.3.0:

A brother was watching his sister with a binocular,

with iso 200, 1/500s, f5, 85 mm:

Autoleveled with Corel AfterShot Pro 2021:

Modified with Nikon Capture Editor 4.3.0:

盈盈一笑间
好照片,好英文!兴趣爱好如此广泛。这是在哪里的赛马?为何没票也可以进入赛场?:)
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xia23
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xia23
当时有些观众拿着报纸,大概是订的,里面有马、竞赛记录等供你赌马的信息。没研究过,没读过。

你看他们手里的,可能是赛马的报纸。

盈盈一笑间
谢谢分享~~
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7grizzly
It was Sea Biscuit wearing #3!
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Oona
赞好文章好片子!
唐宋韵
这个Sigma 50-500mm的画质还真不错。
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xia23
谢谢。听说过那大名。我是马盲,进场只是为照相。

查了查。sea biscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947)已死

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabiscuit

是不是另一匹马也叫 sea biscuit?

 

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xia23
太重,4磅多。我几乎把它当微距以外的唯一的镜头。这镜头的一张荷花:

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xia23
谢谢
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7grizzly
Sorry. I was joking. There I think was only one Sea Biscuit.

It was a fascinating story, told in the 2003 film Seabiscuit. I must have watched it two dozens of times.

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7grizzly
Great photos, by the way.
唐宋韵
这是我用20mm镜头拍的一张广角微距。可以显示周围“生态”

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waterfowl
好拍!我很喜欢跑马,偶尔下注赌一把还挺好玩的。
古树羽音
开始两张衔接的功夫,了不起!
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xia23
谢谢。现成的software。