5th race at Fort Erie Racetrack. Love the fact that I caught the jockey losing his riding crop. He won anyway. It will be interesting to see if that catches anyone's eye.
Judiciously post-processed. 2 layers of Lucis Art (sculpture and Whyeth) both backed off to 40-60%, curves, levels, saturation (-20), USM. A dodge & burn layer set to soft light. One final additional layer from original with gaussian blur and backed off to 20%. Border, and there you have it.
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Thanks to all for the top 20 and the great comments. I figured there might be more racing shots in this challenge. Too bad it didn't make my profile page, 'cause I really dig it.
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Excellent action shot. That jockey on number three is probably not pleased with the slip of the fingers on his crop. The jockey on number 2 is quite intense!
Not a fan of the processing here, it looks like Lucisarts or too much EHDR. Nice stopped motion though and the focus and lighting is pretty well nailed.
best of the racing ones in my opinion; great composition, action, colours, focus and composition. the dust flying from the ground is very good too. 8. : )
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