Nice set. I really like Clay Master. From the shadow side as Dr. Ted would say. Excellent.
Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "H&ECummer" <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 8:23 PM To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [LRflex] Bhutan People
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.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>
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