Had tobe a good alumni and cheer onCal Poly last weekend as they played Stanford at the Horsepark at Woodside (arena polo, not field). I played polo for 3 years in college, but haven't had the opportunity to take pics until now. I'm pretty disappointed with the action shots - I really could have used the 100-400mm, but all I have in my bag is the 70-200 f/4. Also, for some reason I tried shooting on ISO 200 because the light was pretty good to start with, but I think I could have benefited from ISO 400. Any thoughts appreciated!


Canon 20D, 70-200mm f/4 non-IS, all handheld, post processing in CS3.


Aperture priority, f/6.3 1/1600 ISO 200 184mm - probably would have worked a lot better as a horizontal shot...


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Aperture priority, f/6.3 1/500 ISO 200 188mm


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Aperture priority, f/6.3 1/640 ISO 200 200mm


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Aperture priority, f/6.3 1/640 ISO 200 100mm - almost perfect timing on the horse and rider, but I kind of wish it wasn't backlit so there wasmore detail in the horse...Did a lot of retouching on this one to remove the referee from behind this horse and rider.


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Thanks for your thoughts!