oingyboingy
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Hi everyone! I was wandering around the internet last night looking at random horsey stuff (as you do!), and came across the forum discussions on Burnham Market and the photos you'd had taken by the pro photographer. I was there as well - only on sunday, though - and took quite a lot of pics, afterwards I'd been thinking that I wish events could have some kind of photo gallery for spectators to donate their pictures incase the riders and horse owners would like to save any they found of themselves/their horses in action. Cos I know I'd love to have some of these if they were me and my horse (we don't event, she's too old and too small, and I'm not good enough or brave enough! heh), and it seemed such a shame that I'd just got them sitting here and wasn't able to get them available to the public like when the official photographers sell them.
I'm not claiming to be a great photographer or anything, but I do have a decent camera which can manage perfectly adequate action shots - so they come out well about half the time.
I don't know how many images we're allowed to post on this forum, I joined it especially to share these pics so I'm a bit of a newbie, but I'd guess that this many is Too Many By Far and will just pop them up as links
(usually, after events, I go through and identify every rider/horse combo I can from my notebook and their competitor number, but I just haven't had time to do that with this batch, so I can't provide handy name captions to locate yourselves if you were there, sorry!)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7952-redngreen.jpg
the jumps looked very familiar and I realise they're the same ones used at houghton international (also in norfolk) a couple of months ago!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7974-bayclose.jpg
unfortunately the good angle for horse closeups was always at the point where the rider looked to the next jump, so I got the backs of their heads, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7978-jump.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7937-crash.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7924-skewbaldclose.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7907-chestnut.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7906-greyheadshot.jpg
watching from the collecting ring
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7904-lastjump.jpg
I always think horses look vaguely amusing from the front caught with all four feet up like that, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7897-bayjump.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7890-oops.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8408-greyagain.jpg
the camera seems better at sticking on greys when it's focusing, it must like the pale colour, so there's more good pics of greys than any other colour
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8402-prettygrey.jpg
this one has such a pretty araby head
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8404-wow.jpg
and I'm amazed by this photo, probably the best showjumping one I've ever taken. seriously, wow
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8401-greycanter.jpg
another pretty grey
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8393-noboots.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8392-spread.jpg
streeeeetch
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8388-stretch.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8386-midair.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8380-SJ.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8458-bay.jpg
nice and sharp for so far away
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8455-helecopter.jpg
the only decent one I got at the helecopter jump
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8452-bay.jpg
another good sharp one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8433-up.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8431-anothergrey.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8420-chestnut.jpg
I've got the hang of focusing for that jump by now - not to focus the camera on the jump and wait, but to focus on the horse two strides out then track him along
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8409-fighting.jpg
fighting a bit
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8418-chestnut.jpg
another nice sharp one. of course there were loads more than this competing, but I'd already missed a lot by the time I got there, and the XC was going on at the same time so I was missing that and I didn't stay with the showjumping for very long
and here's the cross country - silly photobucket has shuffled them into some totally random order of it's own, so the novice, junior novice and intermediate are all jumbled up
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8466-splash.jpg
splash! I really liked doing the water jump photos on a sunny day, the spray really makes the photos more interesting (and only one person fell off, an she was fine, got back on and finished the course, so the water wasn't causing trouble like it did that day in the rain last time I was here and I didn't feel like one of those 'waiting by the water for people to fall off!' spectators you always get at events!)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8474-water1.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8477-water2.jpg
splashing through
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8480-water3.jpg
round the corner after the water was a really good spot for pictures, I managed more there than actually over the water jump itself, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8502-uphill.jpg
the gallop up the hill to the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8509-uphill.jpg
a really sharp one there
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8514-ditch.jpg
the ditch in the middle of the rail and ditch complex
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8585-ditch.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8586-rail.jpg
the rail out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8605-first.jpg
above and below, the first and second parts of the intermediate water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8607-second.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8608-splash.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8615-sawbench.jpg
sawbench, this was difficult for pictures cos it was a long way from the water and not enough time to run there and back, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8637-corner.jpg
this corner caused more problems than any other
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8643-parallel.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8650-spray.jpg
I couldn't take many here at the first water, cos of being in the shade the camera adjusted itself to let more light in so they all came out grainy and blurry
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8734-parallel.jpg
the parallel again, on the way back from the too-shady water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8776-sunny.jpg
lovely shiny horse
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8789-takeoff.jpg
a good takeoff one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8802shiny.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8829-bay.jpg
closeup
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8830-bay.jpg
same again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8844-first.jpg
this was the last horse to go, so you can see how inside out photobucket's put them, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8848-spray.jpg
same pair again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8851-wetboots.jpg
water coming out of his boots, lol
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8281-inwater.jpg
lots of splashing
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8284-hopout.jpg
bunny-hop up the step
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8286-legscrossed.jpg
his hind legs are crossed over!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8291-andout.jpg
yes, I am the wrong side of the water jump, but I wasn't in the way of the horses, I stood back beside the fence judge's car and zoomed in a lot so it looks like I'm nearer than I really was, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8294-leanback.jpg
leaning back
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8295-lotsofsplash.jpg
lots of splash again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8297-sittight.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8299-away.jpg
getaway
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8302-eyeshut.jpg
they seem to both have their eyes shut, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8304-watercanter.jpg
canter through the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8311-touchdown.jpg
one foot touching down
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8315-jumpout.jpg
jump out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8319-lookingeasy.jpg
making it look fairly easy
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8322-splashout.jpg
splashing on the way out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8335-stepout.jpg
up the step
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8338-greypinkin.jpg
another grey on the way in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8342-greypinkout.jpg
and on the way out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8361-blackjumpout.jpg
a good jump out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8368-lift.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8370-chestnutaway.jpg
heading away from the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8019-afterwater.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8021-again.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8034-expressions.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8046-waterjump.jpg
the water jump view from on top of the spectators' mound
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8055-water.jpg
a nice jump in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8067-approach.jpg
funny front-leg positioning there!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8068-takeoff.jpg
on the way over
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8074-getaway.jpg
getaway from the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8083-water.jpg
one handed and looking like a longer drop than it does from the front! heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8118-uphill.jpg
coming up the hill
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8120-dontwannago.jpg
i don't wanna go in!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8121-long.jpg
oh, ok then!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8139-dustchestnut.jpg
down the hill to the last, I sat on an unused jump to wait while my mum got the food from the car, and took pictures of them coming down with the dust behind them
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8177-offtheground.jpg
all four feet off the ground
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8194-missedfeet.jpg
missed the feet on this one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7986-dustgrey.jpg
more dust
then to eat dinner I went and sat on the big bank and steps bit which wasn't being used at all that day, it makes a good seat and had a nice view of one of the jumps, too
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8204-overbright.jpg
over-exposed cos I focused in the shade but I like the really intent locked-on look of the horse
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8207-curve.jpg
head in the air
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8209-side.jpg
a better outline
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8220-archedneck.jpg
a very arched neck
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8218-brush.jpg
front view of the same jump
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8233-sharp.jpg
very nice sharp one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8234-water1.jpg
into the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8251-awayfromwater.jpg
coming away from it, all shiny and wet
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8253-in.jpg
in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8260-bayaway.jpg
out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8265-out.jpg
trying to get a picture of the first step out, no angle really shows it very well
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8266-out2.jpg
the second step out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8273-roanin.jpg
nice roan going in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8274-roansplash.jpg
splashing through
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8277-roanout.jpg
and jumping out again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8008-greygallop.jpg
a random bit of galloping between jumps
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8006-greypulling.jpg
just before the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7998-ridge.jpg
the skewbald in semi-silhouette along the ridge of the hill
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7990-overexposed.jpg
and finally, I love this one, even though it came out over-exposed and I missed half the horse out by being too zoomed, heh
As I said, I'd really like to share these, so you're more than welcome to save the ones you're in if I got you! Unfortunately this is actual size, I don't have any bigger better copies for printing.
That's all the 'best' ones I've uploaded, I did take several hundred more but some came out badly, some came out awfully, and a few were good but very similar to these so I'd kind of trimmed down to the best selection - if you were competing, or your horse was, just let me know the horse's colour, rider's colours, their competitor number, and anything else which might make you identifiable (eg. sheepskin breastplate, red saddlecloth, and so on), and I'll rummage through thoroughly to see if I've got any of you which I can upload
I'm not claiming to be a great photographer or anything, but I do have a decent camera which can manage perfectly adequate action shots - so they come out well about half the time.
I don't know how many images we're allowed to post on this forum, I joined it especially to share these pics so I'm a bit of a newbie, but I'd guess that this many is Too Many By Far and will just pop them up as links
(usually, after events, I go through and identify every rider/horse combo I can from my notebook and their competitor number, but I just haven't had time to do that with this batch, so I can't provide handy name captions to locate yourselves if you were there, sorry!)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7952-redngreen.jpg
the jumps looked very familiar and I realise they're the same ones used at houghton international (also in norfolk) a couple of months ago!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7974-bayclose.jpg
unfortunately the good angle for horse closeups was always at the point where the rider looked to the next jump, so I got the backs of their heads, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7978-jump.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7937-crash.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7924-skewbaldclose.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7907-chestnut.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7906-greyheadshot.jpg
watching from the collecting ring
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7904-lastjump.jpg
I always think horses look vaguely amusing from the front caught with all four feet up like that, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7897-bayjump.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7890-oops.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8408-greyagain.jpg
the camera seems better at sticking on greys when it's focusing, it must like the pale colour, so there's more good pics of greys than any other colour
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8402-prettygrey.jpg
this one has such a pretty araby head
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8404-wow.jpg
and I'm amazed by this photo, probably the best showjumping one I've ever taken. seriously, wow
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8401-greycanter.jpg
another pretty grey
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8393-noboots.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8392-spread.jpg
streeeeetch
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8388-stretch.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8386-midair.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8380-SJ.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8458-bay.jpg
nice and sharp for so far away
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8455-helecopter.jpg
the only decent one I got at the helecopter jump
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8452-bay.jpg
another good sharp one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8433-up.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8431-anothergrey.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8420-chestnut.jpg
I've got the hang of focusing for that jump by now - not to focus the camera on the jump and wait, but to focus on the horse two strides out then track him along
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8409-fighting.jpg
fighting a bit
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8418-chestnut.jpg
another nice sharp one. of course there were loads more than this competing, but I'd already missed a lot by the time I got there, and the XC was going on at the same time so I was missing that and I didn't stay with the showjumping for very long
and here's the cross country - silly photobucket has shuffled them into some totally random order of it's own, so the novice, junior novice and intermediate are all jumbled up
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8466-splash.jpg
splash! I really liked doing the water jump photos on a sunny day, the spray really makes the photos more interesting (and only one person fell off, an she was fine, got back on and finished the course, so the water wasn't causing trouble like it did that day in the rain last time I was here and I didn't feel like one of those 'waiting by the water for people to fall off!' spectators you always get at events!)
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8474-water1.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8477-water2.jpg
splashing through
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8480-water3.jpg
round the corner after the water was a really good spot for pictures, I managed more there than actually over the water jump itself, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8502-uphill.jpg
the gallop up the hill to the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8509-uphill.jpg
a really sharp one there
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8514-ditch.jpg
the ditch in the middle of the rail and ditch complex
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8585-ditch.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8586-rail.jpg
the rail out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8605-first.jpg
above and below, the first and second parts of the intermediate water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8607-second.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8608-splash.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8615-sawbench.jpg
sawbench, this was difficult for pictures cos it was a long way from the water and not enough time to run there and back, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8637-corner.jpg
this corner caused more problems than any other
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8643-parallel.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8650-spray.jpg
I couldn't take many here at the first water, cos of being in the shade the camera adjusted itself to let more light in so they all came out grainy and blurry
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8734-parallel.jpg
the parallel again, on the way back from the too-shady water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8776-sunny.jpg
lovely shiny horse
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8789-takeoff.jpg
a good takeoff one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8802shiny.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8829-bay.jpg
closeup
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8830-bay.jpg
same again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8844-first.jpg
this was the last horse to go, so you can see how inside out photobucket's put them, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8848-spray.jpg
same pair again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8851-wetboots.jpg
water coming out of his boots, lol
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8281-inwater.jpg
lots of splashing
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8284-hopout.jpg
bunny-hop up the step
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8286-legscrossed.jpg
his hind legs are crossed over!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8291-andout.jpg
yes, I am the wrong side of the water jump, but I wasn't in the way of the horses, I stood back beside the fence judge's car and zoomed in a lot so it looks like I'm nearer than I really was, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8294-leanback.jpg
leaning back
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8295-lotsofsplash.jpg
lots of splash again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8297-sittight.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8299-away.jpg
getaway
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8302-eyeshut.jpg
they seem to both have their eyes shut, heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8304-watercanter.jpg
canter through the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8311-touchdown.jpg
one foot touching down
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8315-jumpout.jpg
jump out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8319-lookingeasy.jpg
making it look fairly easy
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8322-splashout.jpg
splashing on the way out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8335-stepout.jpg
up the step
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8338-greypinkin.jpg
another grey on the way in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8342-greypinkout.jpg
and on the way out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8361-blackjumpout.jpg
a good jump out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8368-lift.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8370-chestnutaway.jpg
heading away from the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8019-afterwater.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8021-again.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8034-expressions.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8046-waterjump.jpg
the water jump view from on top of the spectators' mound
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8055-water.jpg
a nice jump in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8067-approach.jpg
funny front-leg positioning there!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8068-takeoff.jpg
on the way over
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8074-getaway.jpg
getaway from the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8083-water.jpg
one handed and looking like a longer drop than it does from the front! heh
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8118-uphill.jpg
coming up the hill
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8120-dontwannago.jpg
i don't wanna go in!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8121-long.jpg
oh, ok then!
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8139-dustchestnut.jpg
down the hill to the last, I sat on an unused jump to wait while my mum got the food from the car, and took pictures of them coming down with the dust behind them
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8177-offtheground.jpg
all four feet off the ground
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8194-missedfeet.jpg
missed the feet on this one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7986-dustgrey.jpg
more dust
then to eat dinner I went and sat on the big bank and steps bit which wasn't being used at all that day, it makes a good seat and had a nice view of one of the jumps, too
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8204-overbright.jpg
over-exposed cos I focused in the shade but I like the really intent locked-on look of the horse
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8207-curve.jpg
head in the air
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8209-side.jpg
a better outline
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8220-archedneck.jpg
a very arched neck
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8218-brush.jpg
front view of the same jump
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8233-sharp.jpg
very nice sharp one
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8234-water1.jpg
into the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8251-awayfromwater.jpg
coming away from it, all shiny and wet
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8253-in.jpg
in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8260-bayaway.jpg
out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8265-out.jpg
trying to get a picture of the first step out, no angle really shows it very well
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8266-out2.jpg
the second step out
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8273-roanin.jpg
nice roan going in
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8274-roansplash.jpg
splashing through
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8277-roanout.jpg
and jumping out again
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8008-greygallop.jpg
a random bit of galloping between jumps
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/8006-greypulling.jpg
just before the water
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7998-ridge.jpg
the skewbald in semi-silhouette along the ridge of the hill
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af63/georgies-new-bucket/horses/7990-overexposed.jpg
and finally, I love this one, even though it came out over-exposed and I missed half the horse out by being too zoomed, heh
As I said, I'd really like to share these, so you're more than welcome to save the ones you're in if I got you! Unfortunately this is actual size, I don't have any bigger better copies for printing.
That's all the 'best' ones I've uploaded, I did take several hundred more but some came out badly, some came out awfully, and a few were good but very similar to these so I'd kind of trimmed down to the best selection - if you were competing, or your horse was, just let me know the horse's colour, rider's colours, their competitor number, and anything else which might make you identifiable (eg. sheepskin breastplate, red saddlecloth, and so on), and I'll rummage through thoroughly to see if I've got any of you which I can upload
