[LRflex] Re: Bhutan People
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:03:56 -0800
Hi Howard!
Great series, once again! Love the archers... great cropping! ;-)
I love your shy Bhutanese girl!
Cheers!
David.
> Hi Flexers,
> I am returning again to my Bhutan folders. The State Sport for Bhutan is
> archery and our guide Kinzhang is one of the best archers in the country.
> So we went to see two contests - one with traditional bamboo bows and
> another one with the newer carbon fiber bows. Kinzhang explained that
> bamboo bows start to quiver when they are drawn so the archer can't take
> long to aim at the target and release. This limits the accuracy of
> shots. With the carbon fiber bows they do not vibrate when drawn and
> held taut so the archer can take longer to sight and aim at the target.
> The target, BTW, is 145 m away and it was remarkable to me that it could
> be hit at all. But, according to Kinzhang, on a good day, when archer is
> "in the groove" and the wind is calm out of 45 tries a great archer will
> get more than half his arrows on the target when using a carbon fiber
> bow and maybe 20% with a bamboo bow. I shot about 500 shots at the
> contest using the bamboo bow and managed to get three pictures with the
> arrow leaving the bow. Couldn't manage it with the carbon bows at all.
>
> here's the photo:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ArowLaunchw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/p3929fl
>
> The Bhutanese Government has several art schools where young people
> learn how to produce traditional arts - sculpture and painting.
> Here is a sculpture teacher showing his pupils how it should be done:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ClayMasterBWw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kaf6sx5
>
> Monks come from all over to Bhutan - including (surprisingly for me)
> this monk with a group of tourists from China. Given the suppression in
> Tibet
> I was surprised they got permission from the Chinese Government to
> visit. I'm sure the Bhutan government did not care:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/MonkTabw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/q2mg9fq
>
> Bhutanese people are friendly and don't mind being photographed but some
> of them can be a bit shy:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ParoWaitressw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mjsoquv
>
> Prayer beads are much in evidence:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/PrayerBeadsw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n4y9o3k
>
> Walking clockwise around the National Memorial Chorten, built as
> memorial to the third Bhutanese king,
> and winding his prayer wheel while counting his beads:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/RedPrayerw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lzlsj9x
>
> Two older lady tourists photographing an older lady worshipper at the NM
> Chorten. I liked that they had similar footwear:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/TourisTWorshipperw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kpm6ovk
>
> A pony wrangler at the Tiger's Nest. He walks, maybe three times a day,
> 5 km rising 900m, guiding his horses to the Tiger's Nest. He charges $15
> per ride for the out of shape tourists to get to the top and then you
> have to walk down as it is too steep to ride down.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/WranglerTigersw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kdcbw5n
>
> And the wrangler's junior helper who will also carry (and use) your
> camera for you:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/YoungWrangw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mxhkrl9
>
> Here we are at the look out to the Tiger's Nest. The horses could go no
> further:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanEdit/ECHCTigersw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lkjzpol
>
> Please look large.
>
> C&C always welcome,
>
> Howard
>
>
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