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Times Newspapers Staff Photos, above and below left. '* by Betsy Parker, photo below right by Sarah Greenhalgh
Taking her cues from master craftsman Douglas Lees, the Times Newspapers’ own Betsy Parker grabbed the image above from the Piedmont point-to-point. ‘I nearly missed it’ using a long lens, she said, ‘but that’s the risk you take.’ When shots like this one work, she added, they work powerfully. But below, right and left, sometimes the timing, or the framing, can take a cool shot and make it destined for the cutting room floor. The idea below left, photographer Betsy Parker said, was to frame the handsome Montpelier mansion between the horse’s legs. An untimely car crossing, and unfortunate framing mistake makes it into a disaster. Same with the shot at right, said Sarah Greenhalgh. ‘What was I thinking. How bout a little lower.’ Greenhalgh was trying to widen for a winner’s circle shot from the Breeder’s Cup at Far Hills. N.J., but ended up with a throwaway. Greenhalgh, who teaches photography at a college in Maryland, said that this type of shot is as good for learning as the great ones: ‘You have to find out what works. And what doesn’t.’
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