a wager settled

In 1878 Eadweard Muybridge used high-speed stop-motion photography to settle an old argument over whether a horse ever has all four feet off the ground during part of its stride. Financed by former California Governor (and racehorse owner) Leland Stanford, the project took six years and $50,000 to complete - around $1.1 million in today's money.

At considerably less expense and inconvenience my entry this week backs up Muybridge's findings. If only I'd taken it 131 years earlier it would be the most significant photographic "moment" to date and I'd be a very wealthy man!