How are photos like this taken??

[Eventer]

Probably a very noob question - Sorry!

obviously it looks like theres minimal might etc, how is such sharpness achieved on a moving subject?
Is there much photoshopping done to it?

Regality by ~cursivenight on deviantART

Dressage King by ~xMaple on deviantART

 

[Dominantly]

Off camera flash/ powerful strobe.


You'll just adjust your shutter until you get stop motion, then have the flash give you your highlight.

Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Shutter Speed: 1/664 second
Aperture: F/5.6
Focal Length: 154 mm
ISO Speed: 800

 

[Sbuxo]

the second one, they just blew the contrast out, you could see horrible texture due to the blowing out.
The first one, is probably just one strong light and I don't think you would know how much PS was used unless you have the EXIF data.

 

[Eventer]

Powerfull strobe??

How is the black background achived though?

Albums/Gallery/Sample Photos/fire102 another example of what i want to achieve

 

[Sbuxo]

it's not entirely black. They probably shot it at night too, if not raised the contrast a bit, they could have photoshopped it, it could be a number of things but I think they shot at night in low light (hello!) to begin with.

 

[Dominantly]

Powerfull strobe??

How is the black background achived though?

Albums/Gallery/Sample Photos/fire102 another example of what i want to achieve

Well, you have your ambient light, which at night should be close to zero (unless you have some arena lighting). The only light that would be visible in your shot would come from your strobe. You strobe will not be able to light up the whole scene, thus leaving your background black. The faster your shutter, the more "limited" the reach of your strobe. Subsequently the faster the shutter, the less motion blur you'll have with the horse.

Check this out
http://www.google.com/search?q=low+...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

 

[Eventer]

Very helpful! thanks Dominantly - Time for some reading I think!!