Hello Reader !

Wild horses were barreling down on me…

…5 of them in fact.

They were getting dangerously close.

And time was running out.

One problem.

I was racing to a pre-planned location for sunset photos.

And I got lost.

Easy to do when you're in the middle of the desert on Apache land.

Not a street sign in sight.

And I took a wrong turn…

…and the sun was plunging fast toward the horizon.

If I didn't get back on track I was going to miss it completely.

But, these horses felt like a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity.

I could always catch the next sunset.

But when would I have this chance thundering toward me?

So, I slammed on the brakes.

Unlocked the 20mm from my Nikon z8.

Loaded up the 160-600 with a 1.4x tele…

…hopped out, yanked the camera up to my eye and panned as they blazed by…

Clickity, click, click, clack!

BOOM… got it…

Ooops. One problem.

I forgot to check my camera settings!

F/11 | 1/125 | ISO 100

Those were the settings I planned to use for the sunset!

Should've been: f/9 (wide open for the telephoto) and at least 1/1000th of a second… plus a serious bump in ISO.

The faster shutter speed would have "frozen" the action as I intended.

Instead, the legs and hoofs of the mares were… blurry.

Motion blur.

Which actually was a lucky break because I prefer the motion blur as it captures the story of them running wild.

So between you and I, that motion blur was totally the plan all along. ;)

As for the sunset… did I make it?

You’ll find out in next week’s newsletter!

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Have an awesome day!

Chris Parker

Parker Photographic

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