Grand Prix Jumper

We were able to get some photographs during the Grand Prix event at the Traders Point Horse Show in Zionsville, Indiana. This photograph was taken as a rider and his horse jumped a fence during a rain shower. This fence was near the outside rail so we could stay underneath a nearby tent as long as possible before popping out to take pictures. The fences were 4'11" high so the horses seemed to be in the air a long time as they jumped. This is one of the few instances where the motor drive would actually give us a couple of nice images each time.

The weather was unfortunate. Very wet and dark with low contrast. We used the 70-200 lens because of its speed. If there had been more light we would have preferred the 100-400 lens to allow us to photograph more of the jumps that were farther away.

70-200 lens at 200mm, 1/800 second at f/3.5, ISO 400.