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Barrel Racing

Jason Benz — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 02:06:32 +0000

This is the Barrel Racing we saw at Canungra on Sunday. I experimented with various shutter speeds and found 1/500 sec to be about right. We are back at the Canungra showground this weekend to save some money after spending mid week at the Meriton. Next week we move to a shared house in Southport. We have been viewing long term accommodation recently and hope to sign a lease soon.

Fake Beef

Jason Benz — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:59:01 +0000

This is one of the many horses in the fields around Gonerby in the UK. Before I took the base image I had planned to give the whole horse a frisian cow texture in order to illustrate the current beef/horsemeat scandal. Despite the mild spell this weekend all the horses had blankets on. By only changing the blanket it made the final result believable and the compositing easier.

This image has had difficulty getting accepted for Stock Photography at first, however BigStock were the first to accept it and it is available for download here.

Tin Horse

Jason Benz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:50:32 +0000

This is one of over fifty art installations we saw near Kulin on our way to Wave Rock. We took a slight detour to travel along the Tin Horse Highway but it was worth it to see the ingenious ways local farmers recycled old junk into these humorous sculptures. As you can see from the background it has not been all blue sky here. Western Australia has been experiencing an exceptionally wet year since we landed 7 weeks ago. Some areas have had a year’s worth of rain in a single day. We have seen a little flooding but nothing like the scale the eastern states experienced last year. I am told the sandy nature of the ground here ensures Western Australia can absorb a lot of water. We will be spending one more night on the road before arriving in Hopetoun which will be our base till the end of January.

Shetland Pony

Jason Benz — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:25:24 +0000

I remember thinking this Shetland Pony was carrying a little extra weight. The mystery was solved when she introduced this new foal to us. To process this pair of images I used 3 adjustment layers to make the images match. I then added one more curve layer to bring out some detail in their dark faces.

Chariot Race

Jason Benz — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:15:06 +0000

This is a Chariot Race at Jerash in Jordan. This is also where BBC’s “Top Gear” team had a sports car race in their 2010 Christmas Special. The guy driving the chariot has been used in many films due to his talent for taking corners without being in contact with the ground. The image itself did not need any drama added to it. I just did a standard level and curve to improve the contrast.