Spring Meet 2011

I'm not going to lie. This is the first time I bought a "real" camera (SLR) and I just wanted to go nuts shooting something other than the inside of my apartment. Keep in mind that ALL of these shots were shot from 35' above the track. You can see the veins and sinews and whatnot in the horses if you click on the pic and then click the little "O" (ORIGINAL size.) Still not the RAW I took the pics in, but not bad. Welcome, virgin Canon T3i Rebel (EOS 600) to the outside world! (PS: that's a bit much for a name, don't you think? Before you ask, it's an 18MP and 1080p HD vid. DSLR.) So, here's some non-KY Derby horse racing at Churchill Downs during the Spring Meet 2011 - two weeks after a tornado leveled eight barns on the backside.