Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Scott McLoughlin said obviously without experince; >> I think this is GREAT subject matter. Fantastic world of >> possibilities. Horses are so beautiful, and people falling on >> their asses are so dramatic. Really! It's so macho. It feels >> so American, but also so very remote at the same time.<<<< > However, when these horses come out of the chute they can be as mean assed > as one could ever imagine and a photographer standing there with a wide > angle lens for something dramatic and spectacular is more than likely going > to be the "subject of all the other photgraphers" as he's ass over tea > kettle with the horse stomping him into the ground. :-) Ted your detailed description of the photographer's peril in this situation suggests personal experience. BTW ever wonder why those horses are so mean-assed and wild? Check the pictures - see the strap just ahead of the horse's hind legs? Guess what that strap has a death grip on. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .