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Flying By The Seat Of His Pants
Flying By The Seat Of His Pants
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Challenge: C2K -- DPC's 2,000th Challenge (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: dpchallenge entries
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM APO
Location: Huntly, New Zealand
Date: Jan 27, 2013
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Animals, Action
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2014

 This was the first of two spectacular dismounts we were treated too within minutes of each other. Amazingly both the horse & rider landed on their feet.

The second dismount was this one:



which scored really well in the January 2013 Free Study

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Canon EOS-50D
 11/11/2014 12:58:16 PM
Ouch!!
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Nikon D500
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 11/11/2014 04:25:50 AM
If you want to play with the cowboys you gotta fly high! Great catch
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/11/2014 02:38:13 AM
Thats gonna be painful:(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 11/10/2014 09:41:12 AM
That must have hurt. Good capture of the scene especially with judge in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-RX100 VII
 11/09/2014 07:56:18 AM
How don't they get injured??
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6400
Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD
 11/07/2014 11:42:04 PM
Great action, and I like the expression on the judge's face.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/07/2014 02:37:03 PM
this looks like a snaffles entry
hopefully it does well for you :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 11/06/2014 12:22:09 PM
OUCH!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 11/05/2014 07:21:59 AM
wow!!! Too fabulous! Love the title too!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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