Wow! Nicely captured, indeed, David! thank you! :) And what a great horse and
roper to have chosen to show everyone. The concentration of both “members” of
the team is extremely impressive. For those of you who are new to roping just
look at the horse’s line of sight and it’s concentration on the calf and the
orientation of its body in relation to how it “brakes” and “squats” putting the
roper that much closer to the ground for a quick and smooth dismount. Really an
impressive bit of team work between roper and “buddy”… and quite the feat of
anticipation for you, David! Thank you!
Though its not part of the shot, the next critical part for the horse is to get
back upright and square and start backing up to keep tension on the rope and
keep the calf under some slight pull back to the roper. When you come across a
seasoned team, horse and roper, and watch them work it is a beautiful, though
incredibly quick, ballet of timing and effort. And when the roper has caught up
with the calf and is in the midst of getting it to the ground a great horse
will have been watching and will ease up on the tension just enough to
facilitate the roper’s efforts; and indeed I have seen horses, after a
successful tying of the calf and the roper raising his/her arm(s) in the air to
signify the end, start to walk forward to the roper all the while keeping an
eye on the calf. Spend an afternoon watching a good group of horses work and
you’ll never be able to think of them other than as amazingly brilliant and
intelligent athletes!
Of course, the other side of that coin and the result of that intelligence is:
Spend an afternoon trying to work in a pasture with a group of horses and its
like being surrounded by a group of thousand-pound juvenile delinquents….bored
and curious delinquents. You’ll laugh about it…but only afterwards. :)
Thank you, David. Very nicely captured, indeed!
Best regards,
Peter Stevens
On May 22, 2018, at 9:44 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A couple of weeks back, I spent my day at the Deadman's Creek Rodeo.
I showed a shot, of a Tie-down Roping horse, putting on the brakes, rather
spectacularly....
Peter Stevens then asked: "You didn't happen to capture a sequence of the
brief but intense conclusion to the throw, did you?"
I spent yesterday at the 100th Falkland Stampede - and this shot, Peter, is
for you.
http://www.furnfeather.ca/look/dismount.html
Comments, criticism welcomed, as always.
David.
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PS: For those who want to compare it with the earlier shot, it's here:
http://www.furnfeather.ca/look/Brakes.html
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