Made my way up to the ‘track’ and took in the sites and sounds of the Saratoga. For the uninitiated Saratoga has been the site of the oldest running major thoroughbred horse in the US. The track has been called the Graveyard of Favorites, due to upsets like Man-o-war, Secretariat, and then there was the 100-1 longshot Jim Dandy in 1930. Last year I took my 200v2 and tripod and set up at backstretch, this year, I went a little more nimble, with my 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR, and stayed near the finish line to get this Image.
I wanted to get some blur in the hoofs and legs, so my shutter speed of 200, aperture was 5.6. The lens has VR so I was able to pan and get some pretty clean shots. The high sun is always bothersome, so my polarizer was the Marumi, which helped a tad….
