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View Poll Results: Which photo of the BC Classic finish is more award-worthy?
Photo in Post 1 65 58.04%
Photo in Post 2 26 23.21%
Can't seperate them 3 2.68%
Not impressed with either 18 16.07%
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Old 12-28-2010, 06:12 AM
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Old 12-28-2010, 06:55 AM
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Looks like Blame holds her off in both pics Steve.
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Old 12-28-2010, 07:19 AM
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The first photo showcases the crowd, and the second is all about the horses. I bet the guy on the roof with his arms in the air thought Zenyatta won.
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Old 12-28-2010, 07:27 AM
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I went with photo #2 by a nose. Good call Herk on the guy in the crowd.
Either way both are great photos.
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Old 12-28-2010, 08:54 AM
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Went with number one. Both are good, just like that angle a bit better. Good shot of the crowd and new lights, a little less glare.
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Old 12-28-2010, 08:57 AM
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I like the first photo for a couple of reasons.

First in the second photo the horses seem to be running off of the page to nowhere. The spacing is just a bit off.

Secondly the lighting in the first seems to be more dramatic with darkness on either side of the critical moment, the horses hitting the wire.

Lastly, the first one shows the excitment of the critical moment better as it shows the crowd's reaction to the finish.

I'd be proud of either photo, but I just think the first one captures "The Moment" a little better.
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Old 12-28-2010, 09:55 AM
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I like the second the best, but don't think either top some of the photos Tod Marks took this year at Saratoga for the Special.
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Old 12-28-2010, 09:58 AM
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It looks like there is an exorcism going on in the left spire.
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Old 12-28-2010, 11:18 AM
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I like the first photo for a couple of reasons.

First in the second photo the horses seem to be running off of the page to nowhere. The spacing is just a bit off.

Secondly the lighting in the first seems to be more dramatic with darkness on either side of the critical moment, the horses hitting the wire.

Lastly, the first one shows the excitment of the critical moment better as it shows the crowd's reaction to the finish.

I'd be proud of either photo, but I just think the first one captures "The Moment" a little better.


Agree with all of this and along with it the curve of the lights at the top and the other horses in the bg... these things add to it.

The composition is really nice.
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Old 12-28-2010, 11:38 AM
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Who does #2 work for?


That's an Austin Powers reference and not a real question, right?
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The first photo by a nose
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How can a photography award go to a photo that was taken remotely or by using a timer? Plus, there are probably a dozen photographers that took that same exact photo.

I guess it beats the alternative, which is a jock falling of a steeplechaser.
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I like the second one better. The body language of each horse striving to beat the other is more dramatic.
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Here's a photo (below) in today's bloodhorse.com . It is credited to Skip Dickstein . Can anyone tell me how he can be in two different places at one time ? You can see the angle of the photo is from across the track from that of the Eclipse submission one .
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...for-hoy-honors
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