Re: Hell bent...

Nice picture, Dave. In situations such as this I like to use as shallow a depth-of-field as possible to help isolate the subject from the background; long lenses, too. Of course that makes it a harder picture to make as you have to be spot on with your focus. The nice thing, though, is you do pick up the extra action-stopping shutter speed when you go shallow. I just wish I could ride horses like that. 

Carl Socolow

David Young wrote:
Last Sunday our town hosted the Little Britches Rodeo ... a rodeo for kids who either want to become "real" rodeo cowboys when they're older, or just want to have some fun.
Barrel Racing is the girls sport of choice,and some of them are very, very good at it. It's a timed event, with the riders having to circle three barrels laid out in a "T" shape, and then dash for the finish line. It is a sport of both speed and control.
To gain maximum speed from their steed, the riders often use their legs /(still in the stirrups)/ to slap the sides of the horse, to urge the horse on. Carried to an extreme, this can lift the rider's butt a few inches off the seat of the saddle.
Riding in such a fashion is known, in this part of the west, as riding "Hell bent for leather" - an expression which dates back to the 1890's and Kipling's tales of the British Army in India.
But, never before have I seen a rider going "Hell bent for Leather" like this girl! 

http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/barrel-1.htm

Comments, criticism welcome, as always.

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