Birgit Langmann
April 2024 - 2024 Iditarod Start
About the Image(s)
Canon EOS R10, ISO 320, 1/1024, f5.0, 52 mm lens, +0.33 eval metering, hand held.
This is about 2 miles from the official Iditarod race start in Willow, Alaska. This race is over 1000 miles, which commemorates the 1925 Serum run, where the diphtheria antitoxin was run from Nenana, Fairbanks, and Anchorage to Nome in the hopes of stopping an epidemic. #7 Dallas Seavy, well known in the dog sledding racing community, was the winner at 9 days, 2 hrs, 18 minutes, with a 2 hour penalty, and finished with 10 dogs (started with 14).
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8 comments posted
Birgit
It is interesting to learn the background behind this race. You positioned yourself well to capture the face of Dallas and the dogs and also show a side view of some of the dogs. The buildings in the distance help identify the location.
I feel a sense of awe looking at the strength, determination, and obedience displayed by these dogs and find myself curious about how they are selected and trained for this race.
You could open up the shadows to bring detail into the trees and man and then reduce the highlights to maintain the detail in the snow.
Posted: 04/01/2024 14:09:40
It is interesting to learn the background behind this race. You positioned yourself well to capture the face of Dallas and the dogs and also show a side view of some of the dogs. The buildings in the distance help identify the location.
I feel a sense of awe looking at the strength, determination, and obedience displayed by these dogs and find myself curious about how they are selected and trained for this race.
You could open up the shadows to bring detail into the trees and man and then reduce the highlights to maintain the detail in the snow.
Posted: 04/01/2024 14:09:40
I never even noticed the house on the other side of the lake. I did notice them when I was walking on the lake but for some reason did not notice them in the photo. Thanks for catching that. Posted: 04/05/2024 15:58:57
I am sure it was difficult to position the whole team in the image. I thought this crop would bring better focus on the team and crop out the left sided partial lead dog Posted: 04/02/2024 15:15:48
Laurie Bergner
This is a cool image, really showing the strength of the dogs and the difficult race they are attempting. I think you could increase the texture a little. I wonder if it would have been a little stronger is you took the photo from lower to the ground, which would have increased the dogs' size in the image. I like the cropped image that Edward tried, but I might like the original better because I do like the background too. Posted: 04/08/2024 00:11:47
To drop down to the dogs' level was my goal (and those were not as sharp), but since I had to be off course and the snow was thigh deep, balance and cold was an issue. I'll try again next year, at a different location. I already know where I want to be. Posted: 04/08/2024 17:00:49
(Groups 2 & 4)
HI Birgit, they certainly were challenging conditions to get this image and I think the story you are telling is wonderful. Those dogs are amazing, tough and resilient (as are the mushers!). I do agree with Edward, that cropping out that front dog and also at the top makes the focus right onto the line of dogs, and we stop at the musher, not the cabin in the background. Posted: 04/09/2024 04:28:20
Jason Poblete
Perhaps because I really like dogs, I would've enjoyed a tighter shot of the first front half of the line; this is a tough shot to make of the whole racing sled, and it is well done, and I like the way the tree line seems to hug the dog line Posted: 04/10/2024 20:13:31
I think it's a really good story no matter which way you crop it. I think if possible the photo could use a bit of sharpening. But nice job overall! Posted: 04/14/2024 12:36:50