OT - Stroud Rodeo & Campdraft competition

[1MOz]

I thought I share some of my photos taken from the events yesterday, held in a small town Stroud, outside Newcastle. Watching these cowboys doing their things made me think my car suspension is very comfortable indeed.

[ippykaye]

Saw this on your FB page Quan. Looks like a roughy and bumpy day for those involved! U didn't slip on your RM Williams and have a go too?

[1MOz]

I would need a few bottles of Jack Daniels before considering doing any of those!

Those junior bull riders were amazing.

[MrBlonde]

No campdrafting photos? Great action shots!

[sbce90]

Not really into the actual content of the photo, but the photos are fantastic!

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

No campdrafting photos? Great action shots!

Here are a couple:

[Ninjaoz]

Love the last shot, did you use a VR zoom lens?

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by Ninjaoz

Love the last shot, did you use a VR zoom lens?

Thanks mate. All the photos were shot with Canon EF70-200 F/2.8L II IS USM lens, mounted on my EOS7D, shot handheld. The settings was between F2.8 - F3.5 and ISO between 400-640. I was aiming for shutter speed of at least 1/1250sec ans maintaining the shallow depth of field.

The IS on Canon is the same as VR on Nikon.

[pavo335]

My mother always told me not to play with my food

[MrBlonde]

Those are the scrappiest campdrafters I've ever seen! Great photos, really captures the sense of action.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

Those are the scrappiest campdrafters I've ever seen! Great photos, really captures the sense of action.

I have to agree with you there Kenny.

It was my first ever rodeo event and had to idea what to expectt. I only went because a photog buddy of mine asked me to come along. The campdrafting was pretty actionless. Bull-rider was much more better to photograph.

[Zuzu]

Awesome pix Quang... You are truely in the wrong profession mate..

[MMorbo]

Great pics, the shallow DOF really makes the images pop out... they almost look a little HDR'y...

Running at f2.8, 1/1250 did you run a filter for some of the brighter parts of the day?

i shoot a lot of cycling, and generally have to wind it back to f4, so i still get good background blur, but you get 1/2 deep in the peloton.

[1MOz]

Originally Posted by MMorbo

Great pics, the shallow DOF really makes the images pop out... they almost look a little HDR'y...

Running at f2.8, 1/1250 did you run a filter for some of the brighter parts of the day?

i shoot a lot of cycling, and generally have to wind it back to f4, so i still get good background blur, but you get 1/2 deep in the peloton.

Hi mate, I was using a B&W CPL filter for all the shots.

[MMorbo]

Originally Posted by 1MOz

Hi mate, I was using a B&W CPL filter for all the shots.

They look good, explains why the colours don't look washed out, i was wondering wether you went polarised, or saturated after.