Sunday, July 10, 2011

And... they're off!

Well, the 2011 season at the track is still a couple of weeks away, but me and my pal, John Nilsen of John Nilsen Studios headed up to get some pix.  We were up there on Saturday afternoon scoping things out in and around the town and track and returned before sunrise this morning to get the horses on their early morning workout.

Took some HDR pix of the track as the sun was coming up and I'm amazed at some of the colors that show up.  Some of which don't seem to go together.  Maybe its time to back off and go for a more naturalistic approach.  Anyway, here's a sampling and don't forget to check out John's stuff right here!

One of the main gates at the Track


The shot of this street in Downtown Saratoga is supposed to emulate the selective focus that those tilt shift lenses can do. The effect often makes the subject look like it may have been a toy model.  This was created in Photoshop, since I don't have any of those tilt shift lenses!


Here, I'm on the ground looking up through the starting gate at one of the camera towers at the track.


The Carousel at Congress Park








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