Another Round in the Arena That Got all Our Attention!

in Photography Lovers3 months ago

Due to personal circumstances beyond our control, I haven't been as active as I would have liked for the past two months. It has just been a crazy time.

Yet, as you all know, we did manage to attend an exciting show-jumping competition. Over the past month, I have published posts sharing photos of some special moments.

Last week, I shared a post - When You Can See the Passion - about Oliver Bishop's round. He is the son of my wife's employer and I believe a competitor with a bright future ahead of him in the equestrian sport.

Two weeks ago, I shared a post - We Had a Special Interest in this Competitor - sharing images of Kerry Muir, Oliver's girlfriend. I am no expert in this sport, but in my opinion, she is also a strong competitor. In that round, if I understand my wife correctly, Kerry rode a horse that belonged to Oliver. But she returned later for a second round, riding a horse belonging to herself.

Today, I want to share photos of her second round.

At first, I didn't know she would be doing a second round. However, here I spotted her warming up her horse by casually letting the horse walk around in an open area.

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I continued taking photos of various horses in the area, and when I looked around, Kerry was in the arena!

I was just in time to take this shot and I had to be quick to capture the action in time.

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With me standing at the entrance of the arena, she was now on the far side of the arena. I didn't have a good spot and I didn't have the right lens for this distance. Nonetheless, I did capture some shots and decided to share them here.

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Clearing another jump!

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Then she passed a bit closer to me and I got better shots while she was approaching her final jumps.

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Her round was completed, and she was coming toward the exit to leave the arena.

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That smile tells you she completed an excellent round.

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And with that, we come to the end of today's post.

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