[LRflex] Re: Hell bent...
- From: "Linda Vermeiren" <linda.vermeiren@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:02:52 +0200
Dear David,
Good shot!!
Still I wonder about the white thing (turning point?) in the left corner.
It attracks the eye.
What if the horse and woman were more cropped, would that be better (as good an
action photo , with only one center of attention?)
Yours sincerely
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: David Young
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:06 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Hell bent...
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.
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
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