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On The Road
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#1 The Trophy ... The Kentucky Derby Trophy is on display
in the paddock area of Churchill Downs. It is kept in a
glass case and protected by guards while nearby fans place
their bets as the horses and jockeys proceed through a tunnel
under the grandstands to the track. Nikon D200, ISO 200,
1/200 at f4, Nikon 200-400mm G VR Zoom Lens, WB 6700K, Lexar
4G Flash Card. It is small compared to the Stanley Cup but
just as precious. |
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#2 Red Dress and Derby Hat ... Perfect weather brought out
the ladies and their Derby Hats. I was shooting the first
race of the day from the Sky Terrace when I noticed this young
lady walking out from the wagering windows underneath the
grandstands. The horses where just approaching the start gate
so I had some time to take an image of this stylish Derby
fan. Nikon D200, ISO 200, 1/500 at f10, Nikon 200-400mm G
VR Zoom Lens, WB 7000K, Lexar 4G Flash Card. |
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#3 Breaking Away ... was the title the magazine gave this
picture that ran as a double page spread. This picture was
captured with a remote Nikon D2X camera located above and
slightly outside gate #1. I positioned myself on the opposite
side of the track about 12 feet up track from the start
gate. I used a Pocket Wizard Transceiver set in the transmit
mode on the hot shoe of my hand held Nikon D2X camera to
trigger the remote which had a Pocket Wizard Transceiver
set in the receive mode. When I pressed the shutter of my
hand held D2X I was able to capture images of the start
of the Kentucky Derby from both my hand held camera (Nikon
D2X with High Speed Crop Mode and Nikon 17-55mm Lens) and
from the remote camera position at the same time. The image
with the hand held camera showed Barbaro, the eventual winner,
in the middle of the pack and barely visible, while the
remote image was a great opener for the magazine and one
of my all time favorites. Nikon D2X, ISO 320, Aperture Priority
with -0.3 EV (which gave me a 1/2500 at f4 exposure ), Nikon
10.5mm Fisheye Lens, WB 6300K, Pocket Wizard Transceivers,
Bogan Magic Arm, Bogan Super Clamp and Safety Cable, Lexar
4G Flash Card. I placed the Bogan Magic Arm in place at
8:30am that morning so I would have my remote position secured
for the Derby later that day. I then mounted the camera
to the Bogan Magic Arm during the 45 minute gate set up
prior to the Derby itself. |
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#4 Barbaro Makes His Move ... A few seconds after the start
the gates are pulled away from the top of the stretch. I
sent my assistant to retrieve the remote camera while I
relocated myself about 30 yards up the front stretch from
my original position. This location gave me the perfect
view of the entire field of horses coming around turn four.
It was at this point that Barbaro made his move and broke
away from the pack. Nikon D200, ISO 400, 1/1250 at f4.5,
Nikon 200-400mm G VR Zoom lens, WB 6700K, Lexar 4G Flash
Card. The original framing of this image was a horizontal
that showed the entire field of horses but thanks to the
D200 file size and image quality the magazine published
a vertically cropped portion of the horizontal as a beautiful
full page vertical. |
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#5 Heading For The Finish ... Jockey Edgar Prado brings Barbaro
home to win the 132nd Kentucky Derby. I could see that Barbaro
was pulling away quickly so I kept focused on him as he passed
by on his way to the finish. Nikon D200, ISO 400, 1/1250 at
f4.5, Nikon 200-400mm G VR Zoom lens, WB 6700K, Lexar 4G Flash
Card. |
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#6 Victory ... As soon as the horses passed me I walked up
the track towards the finish area. I knew that Craig, the
outrider in the red coat, would lead Barbaro back towards
me for a victory celebration in front of the grandstands.
This became a rather tricky one shot moment because Churchill
Downs had instructed photographers to give a wide birth for
the horse and I needed to keep my distance and stay clear
of the horse. Nikon D200, ISO 400, 1/640 at f4.5, Nikon 200-400mm
G VR Zoom lens, WB 6700K, Lexar 4G Flash Card. |
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#7 Winner's Circle ... Some of the photographers have special
access to the winners circle. I do not have this special access
but I managed to make a nice image of the owners, trainer
and jockey from a location outside the track rail. Some photographers
outside the track rail gave up hope of capturing an image
because the special access photographers were blocking the
view, but I stayed with it and when the crowd parted for a
split second I saw all four faces and took a picture. The
magazine ran it as a half page. Nikon D200, ISO 320, 1/500
at f5.6, Nikon 200-400mm G VR lens with TC14E 1.4 Teleconverter,
WB 6700K, Lexar 4G Flash Card. |
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Well, I hope you all have enjoyed this month's look at the 2006 Kentucky Derby. This event offers so much for the photographer that I have continued the Kentucky Derby coverage with some additional images and information in the June Workshop at the Ranch.
See you next time On The Road .................... Adios. Dave
September,
2008 (click here)
Olympians, Weather and Workshops
August,
2008 (click here)
Camp Life
July,
2008 (click here)
Lightpainting the Southwest
May,
2008 (click here)
A Southwest Tour
April,
2008 (click here)
The Endless Winter
March,
2008 (click here)
PMA Show in Las Vegas!
February,
2008 (click here)
At the Ballet
January,
2008 (click here)
One Week of Work
December,
2007 (click here)
A Look Back at 2007
November,
2007 (click here)
Traveling
with the New Nikon D3
October,
2007 (click here)
High Country Journey
September,
2007 (click here)
Walking
On The Road
August,
2007 (click here)
Speedway
Thunder from PA
July, 2007
(click here)
"Arlington National
Cemetery"
June, 2007
(click here)
"Kentucky Derby Day"
May, 2007
(click here)
"Mexico Trek"
April,
2007 (click here)
"Egypt Trek"
March,
2007 (click here)
Transit Mix
"Images From the Air"
February,
2007 (click here)
Ice Climbing in Ouray
January,
2007 (click here)
2007 Year in Review
People of Willoq, Peru
Lexington, Kentucky TREK
Training for the Mr USA Title
"The International Golf Tournament"
"Tour of Champions Documentary"
"Northern California, the FBI and Clint Eastwood ..."
"The 2006 Kentucky Derby"
"Off the Road Picture Sales"
Ladies Olympic Figure Skating
Torino Italy and the 2006 Winter Olympic Games
"Hey Dave, are you going to the Winter Olympics in Torino and What Equipment Do You Take?"
The Holiday Tea with Tchaikovsky
presented by Colorado's Classical Youth Ballet
Landscapes at Pebble Beach:
a look back at 2005
Lightpainting Landscapes
NFL Football
3 Day Photography Workshop
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina
Michelle Kwan
International Gymnastics Camp
the Men's US Open Golf Championships
The Kentucky Derby
Nevada Photojournalism Day
John Bolin's "The Thorn"
Indoor Track and Field
UC Irvine's Paul Spittle and
the Sports Shooter Academy
with Nikon's new DX2
Broncos Football:
Denver vs Indianapolis
the US Figure Skating Nationals
Portland, Oregon
College Basketball:
Colorado State vs Air Force
Broncos Football:
Broncos VS. Dolphins
Assignment work:
Wrestling
A look back at 2004
Rich Clarkson's Photography at the Summit Workshop &
Moose Peterson's Digital Landscape Workshop Series
Whitewater Kayaking
Gymnastics and more
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
A look back at some wonderful Olympic moments
USAFA Graduation flyover
US Olympic Training Center - Swimming and Gymnastics
Last Month the Masters, this month The Kentucky Derby......I love my job
Masters at Augusta National
The American Cup Gymnastics
NIKON COLLEGE WORKSHOP
Indoor Track and Field
Women's Freestyle Wresting
Rhythmic Gymnastics Nationals
The Glass Flower Ceiling at the Belagio Hotel in Las Vegas
College Basketball
Women's Waterpolo
Olympic swimmers on their way to Athens
NFL Football
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals
A look back at The Greenbay Professionals
Monday Night Football the Sports Shooter Workshop and Luau in LA
Photography at the Summit workshop
Portraits to workshops to stock image sales
Lightpainting in Banf
The World Gymnastics Championships
International Gymnastics Camp
Thunderbirds
Gymnastics
The Sports Photography Workshop with Rich Clarkson
Velodrome Cycling, More
The 129th running of the Kentucky Derby
White water kayakers
The Champions on Ice tour
PBR Rodeo
Chris Shivers and Little Yellow Jacket ride for $1 Million
Nikon's featured speaker at PMA in Las Vegas
American Cup Gymnastics
USAFA Women's Basketball
USAFA Swimming
USAFA Boxing
NCAA Fencing Championships
USOC's Titan Games
Air Force Basketball
Pro Football Pre-Superball Stock Sales
Swimmers train at the Swim Flume at the USOC
Much more!
Diving at the Air Force Academy
Denver Broncos VS. The Arizona Cardinals
Olympic Hopefuls Lenny Krayzelberg and Tom Molchow practice at the USOC
