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lens. Lees cites Glenwood Park as an example of this. He stands where the old bleachers used to be and shoots the turn for home “hoping for a large field of horses pounding into the stretch.” The 500mm lens further compresses the action.
“If the picture isn’t good enough, then I wasn’t close enough [to the subject,]” he said. “In photographing finishes the last frames of the sequence (motor driven camera) will be the most dramatic.. . .
“In the 1989 Maryland Hunt Cup, Uncle Merlin narrowly beat Freeman’s Hill and the last two shots won awards from the Chronicle of the Horse and for the Maryland Horse [the American Horse Publications Cover Award,]” he said.
• Choose the correct speed film for the outing.
“100 ASA is fine for people pictures on a bright day. The higher the ASA, the more grain [there is to the pictures. ] If you are taking action pictures, use at least 400 ASA,” Lees offered.
Black and white T-Max film can be pushed to 1600 ASA which is necessary on darker and rainy days.
Lees said Kodak offers a variety of color negative films at speeds from 25 ASA to 1000 ASA. Slide films are also available in a variety of ASA’s to match the situation.
“In recent years I’ve shot mostly black and white at the
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