Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the explanation and the video link, Jay. When I saw the background of empty seats in some of Leo's shots I thought they WERE shooting real bullets and the spectator area was kept clear as a result. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] New Photos: Mounted Shooting > Yes Leo, very good shots. > > And to answer the questions from Douglas, what they are shooting at is > balloons tied to a stick. > The game is Cowboy Mounted Shooting. > http://www.cmsaevents.com/home/ > A course is laid out in the arena for the horse and rider to follow. > It is a timed event from start to finish, and there is a 5 second penalty > for each missed balloon, a 5 second penalty for dropping a gun, a 10 > second penalty for not running the course correctly and a 60 second > penalty for falling off your horse. > > They use real firearms. Black Powder blanks (no bullet) are used, and it > is the burning embers of the black powder that pops the balloons. You see > that in some of Leo's shots. > Most of the competitions are done with two revolvers, for a total of 10 > shots. Occasionally a side by side shotgun and / or lever action rifle is > carried and used. > > I do a similar game, shooting at steel targets with real bullets and > without the horses. > > Jay > > On 1/28/2016 2:58 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Leo, they're marvellous shots of fantastic skill. I mean yours as I'm >> not sure about the cowpersons' aims :-) You've certainly captured an >> atmosphere than many of us on this planet have never seen other than >> getting an impression of it from horse operas. >> >> What were they shooting at? And how is the competition judged? >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera >> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:50 AM >> Subject: [Leica] New Photos: Mounted Shooting >> >> >>> Some images from a mounted shooting competition; >>> >>> http://leowesson.com/mounted-shooting.html >>> >>> Thanks for looking! >>> >>> Leo Wesson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >