Oakbank Great Eastern

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Oakbank Great Eastern

Postby tommyg on Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:55 am

A quick photo from today of Pentacolo on the way to winnnig the Great Eastern

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Re: Oakbank Great Eastern

Postby Killakoala on Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:06 pm

That is a really good photo only spoiled by the crap in the background. What a shame the construction machinery gets in the way, otherwise brilliant.
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Re: Oakbank Great Eastern

Postby DanielA on Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:51 pm

That's a good action shot.
It's a shame about the background. I'd be inclined to remove the scissor-lift at the top.
You could always try replacing the entire background with another shot, but that's pretty extreme.

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Re: Oakbank Great Eastern

Postby tommyg on Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:23 am

Quick removal of the scissor lift, and some slight darkening of the sky...

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Re: Oakbank Great Eastern

Postby DanielA on Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:51 pm

tommyg wrote:Quick removal of the scissor lift, and some slight darkening of the sky...

I think that's much better.

Taking a closer look, it appears like there are some dark spots near the top left and the right of the horse's head. Looking at the larger version on redbubble it appears like some of them are flying grass, but the one at the top left might not be.

The larger version seems to show the jockeys and second horse to be sharper than Pentacolo.
I guess they were moving at speed... :D

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