I put together a collection of my horse photos for this blog post. I'm a bit nervous of horses so I've never ridden one but they are beautiful creatures and as long as there is a fence between me and them that's fine.
As a child I remember my mother's love for watching Horse racing on television. She wasn't interested in gambling but always had a few shillings on the Grand National. Her favourite horse of all time was Arkle. She was obsessed with him and used to get so excited watching him racing.
I googled Arkle tonight to find out when exactly he was at the height of his career and was astonished to see that it was the mid 60's when I was a young child.
I introduced you to my mother in an earlier post 'A Cross to Bear' http://mfkidneyphotography.blogspot.ie/2014/08/a-cross-to-bear.html and again in 'A Haunting we will go' http://mfkidneyphotography.blogspot.ie/2014/10/a-haunting-we-will-go.html
I clearly remember mam jumping up and down off the couch and screaming at the television - "Come on Arkle". She made such a racket that a neighbour from down the road and around the corner called to the house to see if Mrs Buckley was alright.
Arkle was trained in Co Meath, Ireland by Tom Dreaper and ridden by Pat Taffe. Some races he won by as much as 20 lengths. He won the Irish Grand National in 1964 by 1 length carrying 2 and 1/2 stone heavier than his rivals. I think this could have been the race that brought the neighbour to the door. I would have been 5 but I remember it like it was yesterday.
Camera settings - Camera Canon 70D, Lens Tamron 10-24mm@10mm,exp1/125sec, f10, ISO 200
Camera Settings - Camera Canon 70D, Lens Canon 18-135mm@135mm, exp 1/1250sec, f5.6, ISO 200
Camera Settings - Camera Canon 500D, Lens Canon 55-250mm@134mm, exp 1/500sec, f8, ISO 100
Camera Settings - Camera Canon 70D, Lens Canon 18-135mm@18mm, exp 1/1000sec, f8, ISO 100
Camera settings - Camera Canon 500D, Lens Canon 55-250mm@109mm, exp 1/64sec, f11, ISO 100
Camera settings - Camera Canon 70D, Lens Tamron10-24mm@12mm, exp 1/125sec, f7.1. ISO 100
As a child I remember my mother's love for watching Horse racing on television. She wasn't interested in gambling but always had a few shillings on the Grand National. Her favourite horse of all time was Arkle. She was obsessed with him and used to get so excited watching him racing.
I googled Arkle tonight to find out when exactly he was at the height of his career and was astonished to see that it was the mid 60's when I was a young child.
I introduced you to my mother in an earlier post 'A Cross to Bear' http://mfkidneyphotography.blogspot.ie/2014/08/a-cross-to-bear.html and again in 'A Haunting we will go' http://mfkidneyphotography.blogspot.ie/2014/10/a-haunting-we-will-go.html
I clearly remember mam jumping up and down off the couch and screaming at the television - "Come on Arkle". She made such a racket that a neighbour from down the road and around the corner called to the house to see if Mrs Buckley was alright.
Arkle was trained in Co Meath, Ireland by Tom Dreaper and ridden by Pat Taffe. Some races he won by as much as 20 lengths. He won the Irish Grand National in 1964 by 1 length carrying 2 and 1/2 stone heavier than his rivals. I think this could have been the race that brought the neighbour to the door. I would have been 5 but I remember it like it was yesterday.
Camera settings - Camera Canon 70D, Lens Tamron 10-24mm@12mm, exp 1/125sec, f7.1, ISO 100
