There are those special times you make images just for yourself. There are moments that you capture just for you. Apertures, and shutter speeds and all of that becomes very, very secondary to just recording the moment.
This was a particularly emotional day for me. My dad was knocked out of his wagon last fall and broke his hip and was expected to never race again. Well, at 71 he is a tough old fart and he's in remarkably good shape and he climbed back into the wagon box again this spring. Its hard to get out and see him run though so this might very well be the last time I get to photograph him racing. This is something he has done since before I was born so if he isn't racing I don't know what he'll do.
Normally I don't like to submit images I have personal connection to into challenges. They never do as well as you hope them to. I just wanted to share this image for the sake of sharing and not trying for a ribbon etc.
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I like it but have to say that the top quarter or so of the frame -- the negative space -- doesn't really add anything. Cropped between the hand and the buckle, I fine the composition more effective, more direct.
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