Portrait of a Thoroughbred - San Juan Capistrano, California 2016
{"Image ImageDescription": "A couple of weeks ago I drove over to the California coast to catch up with daughter Michelle, a professional rider and trainer, and watch my horses compete at a horse show. I had an ulterior motive - escaping Tucson's hot June weather. My new puppy Truffle came along for company and to benefit from some socialization.\n\nOf course I always take my camera, and am immediately assigned the role of barn photographer whenever I visit. Mostly I try capturing good show jumping photos, but I'm always on the lookout for an opportunity to add to my fine art portfolio as well. Below are the keepers from the week. Portrait of Ladybug, above, has been added to my portfolio, as has Portrait of a Showjumper.\n\nLadybug is an off-the-track thoroughbred mare, purchased as a four-year-old by Kim and Lauren Boswell of Tucson. Lauren has been training Bug herself over the years and successfully turned her into a competitive jumper. The duo had a great week while I was there - winning several classes against tough California competition, placing 2nd in the Classic, and winding up Champion in the Modified Amateur Jumpers. She's a very pretty mare, and I was quite taken with her hand crocheted fly bonnet, customized to reflect her namesake insect! I took an indecent number of exposures of Ladybug, trying to catch just the right moment. Since she has the habit of tossing her head up and down and gapping her mouth constantly - most were throwaways best suited to illustrate horse dentistry. But this photo caught her with mouth closed and chin tucked into a very ladylike, demure pose that shows off her refined head.", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "ILCE-7RM2", "Image XResolution": "96", "Image YResolution": "96", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.6 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2016:06:25 15:09:47", "Image Artist": "Carol Brooks Parker", "Image Copyright": "Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Carol Brooks Parker, all rights reserved.", "Image ExifOffset": "1938", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2640", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "16445", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/1000", "EXIF FNumber": "4", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Shutter Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2016:06:12 17:31:32", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2016:06:12 17:31:32", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "1245723/125000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "4", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "10057/1280", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "1", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "4", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "200", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "35462067/16384", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "35462067/16384", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "200", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[70, 200, 4, 4]", "EXIF LensModel": "FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS"}