RE: How NOT to ride a Brahma Bull...

David Young offered:

Subject:How NOT to ride a Brahma Bull...

http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Ride4.htm

 

Hi David,

The good part about this picture is..the Bull appears "not to have horns!"
Trust me that really is the good part!

 

Simply because the picture is "picture - timing - focus perfect!"

 

Quite often once the bull dumps the rider, they immediately spin about head
down and proceed to head hammer the rider if he's still on the ground.

 

That's one of the main reasons there are rodeo clowns who jump in front of
the animal distracting it from killing or injuring the cowboy.

 

Well done David you're developing an interesting collection of salable
photographs to cowboys and rodeo magazines. 

 

However if you haven't been shooting in the competition infield from a
position in front of the "chute" gates may I offer a tiny bit of advice.
DON'T!  

 

It's bad enough covering a football game and being on the bottom of the pile
when 3 or 4 players knock you to the ground on the sidelines and you're on
the bottom of the pile camera still in hand.   

 

But being knocked flying by a horse is enough to deter anyone from ever
becoming a rodeo photographer. 

 

A bull is the worse by far! Being knocked flying, you one way.. cameras into
space launch! 

 

Trust me from experience there's only one hit worse. that of a flying wheel
off a crashed stock car during a race! They all hurt like hell! :-)

 

ted

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