*New* The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*
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Posted on 01/31/2005 8:31:31 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
*New* The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*
Free Republic has a lot of horse people that have found each other on other threads…. And since we all like to talk horses, how about a thread where it is not off-topic, but is THE topic?
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!
I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.
So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.
Previous threads:
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
There are lots of nice digital cameras out there. My daughter uses one of those little teeney tiny ones and it takes fine pictures. I have a Canon EOS D60 and it's tons of fun but it's way too big to take riding with me. I'm thinking of stealing my daughter's camera.
They run in the under $200 range, and they may have even higher mega-pixel cameras for that, that don't carry the Nikon name. It has an adequate zoom, where I've been able to zoom in and then crop photos to get quite close to the action from a fair distance.
The big money decision is to go to the next generation camera that has an instant shutter and up to 6+ mega-pixels. The cameras in the under $200 range all have a second or so lag time between pressing the shutter and when the picture is taken, and while that doesn't matter so much taking slow posed shots, it makes taking action pictures harder. I still do OK, you've seen my pics of the horses running, but I end up taking a lot of pictures to get just the right moment in the horse's movement that looks pretty. You get a lot of ~eh~ shots in horses, at the wrong point in their stride, and you miss a lot of moments because the camera wasn't ready when the action happened.
I think the instant click cameras are coming down in price, but are still in the $600 and up range. My husband is a hobby photographer also, and he'd like one of those better cameras, but I still think when my little one dies I'll replace it with one just like it for things like trail rides and other knocking around shots, because we wouldn't want to risk the really valuable camera with that kind of abuse.
I have used and abused my Nikon, dropped it, gotten it wet, and it's held up really well so far, though I think it might be beginning to fail now after 3 years of rough treatment, there are occasional errors where the lense doesn't open properly and I have to fuss, pray and restart it till it does.
I'm assuming that your camera is outdoors a lot. Does it take abuse and keep on ticking?
Does that price look about right for that starter kit?
John Holmes - I'm confused but I don't want to know so don't enlighten me :)
Welcome to the thread, glad you are enjoying our pictures. Jump right in, although if you came in about the John Holmes posts area, you might be confused too :)
Hope everyone gets to ride today. Went out when I got home last night to play with the baby. Well, really to get some more imprinting done. He is going to be a handful. Beautiful sunny day here today, highs in the 60's predicted.
See Sharn? It's for the good of the thread that I nag about pictures! welcome to the thread, totherightofu :~D
Here's a few pics of my Bay... I just love to photograph our horses. cowboyway, just to continue the conversation about cameras, I think along with the camera, you need to think about getting and learning to use Photoshop. Most of the pictures I take have been edited a little bit, to improve the lighting, crop them in, and in the case of the second shot, I even painted out the fence behind the horse to try to move it from the caliber of 'good snapshot' to 'calendar worthy art'. Digital cameras and photo editing software go hand in hand to make your pictures better.
Without the fence, we get the horse in a fantasy environment, free of the restrictions of man... I particularly liked the way Bay's whole body was rippling, and the way his tail looked like a wing in flight.
Sometimes, even with shutter delay, you can get lucky by capturing just the right moment, as in this shot of my amazingly flexible wonder pony who can scratch her own butt... almost ;~D.
Like he had no skin!....I am sorry, but couldn't help it. That guy was funny.
Hello,
My farrier just left. I'd forgotten today was the day. Having an early lunch then I'll be off to ride. I'm going to start with Rocky on trails. Then if I'm up to it, I'll work Rusty in the arena, and maybe a quick trial loop.
Becky
He was funny in a scary and bizarre way.... I was fascinated and repulsed ;~D So strange.
Bay has just as much skin as a running QH would have... and less muscle showing under it. ~stomps foot~
It's true they can get a lot more visible veins than cold bloods, but they don't look like that ALL the time, only when they're HOT!
That is one prize winning photo! : D
We are back from the town and when I saw the photo, i laughed so loud, You should have captioned it " Kiss my Butt" : D
Hey yall. Technical difficulties so I have a long lunch break and decided to run home.
technical difficulties are welcomed sometimes!
Hows your new jog going?
technical difficulties are welcomed sometimes!
Hows your new job going?
I use a MacIntosh at home and it came with some kind of photo editing software. I've not used it much, so I really don't know what I've got.
Anyway, first step is to get the camera. That will be the hard decision part.
Beating around the bush
Jumping to conclusions
Climbing the walls
Passing the buck
Throwing your weight around
Dragging your heels
Pushing your luck
Making mountains out of molehills
Hitting the nail on the head
Wading through paperwork
Bending over backwards
Jumping on the bandwagon
Balancing the books
Running around in circles
Eating crow
Pulling out the stops
Adding fuel to the fire
Wrapping it up at the day's end
Opening a can of worms
Putting your foot in your mouth
Starting the ball rolling
Going over the edgeyikes!
Picking up the pieces
Counting eggs before thay hatch
Calling it quits (never)
making hay while ths sun snines
biting the hand that feeds you
butting your head against the wall
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/d60-review/
This is the one that I have and it has taken some abuse, but not alot. I'm pretty careful with it. Takes incredible pictures and you can use different lenses, something you don't find with lots of digital cameras.
The price on that camera you are looking at, the 10D, looks like a good price to me.
Just came in from riding Rocky, we only went about an hour. I really don't like riding him:). He's so laid back, and pokey. Rusty is such a happy medium. He walks faster, and can be a pill on occasion, sometimes a bit jumpy but doesn't put a lot of energy into it, so it keeps the ride interesting. Harley walks out real good, and I've only had him spook under me one time. So he's pretty good too. But Rocky just doesn't get excited about anything.
Becky
That's like the one ecurbh wants...
I used to take a lot of 35 mm pictures, thinking myself something of a talented portrait photographer then... I had an assortment of fantastic lenses. I miss that.
Rocky is my kinda guy!
I just wish I could figure out what is wrong with my camera:)
Becky
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