Horse race

[le vrai rdu]

Cyrille, truely excellent stuff! Did you actually scan those from the prints or from the negative to put up here?

It depend,

When I have a few good pictures I print them (for exemple the pictures with the jupiter is a print 18x 24 cm scanned, the picture with the 35 mm is from a neg because the print is too big, 40 x 50 cm ) ) the others are not yet printed , I plan to print the one with the 50 mm 2,5

I wait to have more 21 mm shots to chose amid them wich ones to print

 

[snausages]

This picture's been in my head for weeks--it's one of the most memorable pictures I've ever seen on flickr. I'm actually kind of wanting to buy a print from you, if I make some money in the next couple months.

Buy it. I did. You won't regret it.

 

[le vrai rdu]

some more pictures

 

[le vrai rdu]

I spent one year shoting horse races, I am a bit tired of it and, as I have two or three others big project, I have decided to close this serie

 

[mgeary]

some shots from horse races in paris

35mm 2,5 CV bessa R

This shot is excellent, I can't take my eyes off of it. Great job on these.

 

[tlitody]

Of all the times I wished I had a camera with me when I didn't, the one that stands out more than any other was at Cheltenham race course many years ago when a Horse call Desert Orchid won the Gold Cup. It is the UK's premiere national hunt race. I was standing at one end of the main arena and when Desert Orchid passed the winning post as the massive favourite, several thousand people threw their hats in the air (mostly Irish I suspect). It was a sight I thought only happend in films. I think it goes to show how much atmosphere and feeling there is at a big race, especially when there is a massivelly popular horse racing. It was bad day for the bookies.

 

[TimSmith-Laing]

Le Vrai,

Really wonderful shots; have just been browsing this same series on your site. Congratulations!

By the way, were these taken at Chantilly?

Tim

 

[le vrai rdu]

No they were taken in Vincenne and Longchamps

I took some in Chantilly last years too

 

[TimSmith-Laing]

Ha, I never made it to Vincenne or Longchamps, but I saw some races at Chantilly a few years ago. Failed to take my camera, and regretted it deeply. Now I'm rather glad I didn't; would never have got anything as good as these! great work, especially your avatar shot, which i just love.