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Photography

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. Thank you for giving us this bit of history, my dear George!

Reply to George McGovern (Original post)

Fri Nov 24, 2023, 03:08 PM

Nov 2023

It was widely thought that the horse's feet did not leave the ground completely during such a run.

Eadweard Muybridge was able to show that the horse's feet did leave the ground. It was an ingenious bit of photography!

I never tire of seeing this sequence.

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1878 -- The horse in motion. Sallie Gardener at a gallop. [View all] George McGovern Nov 2023 OP

Thank you for giving us this bit of history, my dear George! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2023 #1

You answered the question I had about what prompted Stanford to commission this. LoisB Nov 2023 #4

Thank You LoisB. Indeed. George McGovern Nov 2023 #7

You're welcome Peggy! All these years later my OM-D E-M1 Mark II attempts to duplicate Muybridge's George McGovern Nov 2023 #6

Fascinating, George! Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #2

YW Diamond_Dog! TY! George McGovern Nov 2023 #8

Very interesting. Thank you. LoisB Nov 2023 #3

You're welcome LoisB! George McGovern Nov 2023 #9

I read this book Old Crank Nov 2023 #5

Thanks Old Crank, I'll check it out. George McGovern Nov 2023 #10