More Barrel Racing in Manitoba

[Duff24]

I posted a couple of shots from a recent rodeo in eastern Manitoba and liked them so much I went back to other events and did the same kind of post processing. I've been frustrated lately with bad lighting in indoor sports events (hockey and boxing) and needed a boost in confidence. Taken at an event in Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada in 2008 after a couple of days of rain.

A couple of favourites:







The rest of the gallery is at: Eastern Manitoba Barrel Racers Photo Gallery by Colin Macdonald at pbase.com

I'm still working on the PP for each image but any comments/suggestions are appreciated.

Duff24

[swampler]

Nice action, Duff. Might need a bit more contrast, especially on #1.

[cbgjr]

nice shots,i shoot in covered arenas where the lighting is crazy,learning how to shoot it is a chore,outside rodeos have been few for me lateley,
heres one of my indoor shots

[Duff24]

Nice shot cbgjr - Got to agree that the lighting can get crazy in these arenas. This far north we either have arenas (basically hockey rinks), large dedicated show rings with bad artificial lighting or outdoor pens (not used for competition in winter). Tough to capture the movement without flash setups.

Swampler - have to be careful with the contrast because I lose the definition in the brown horses. The contrast of the originals is a little better than what shows up here. I still haven't found the best combination of Photoshop processing and format to post. One more thing to work on.

Thanks for viewing.

Duff24