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Bull riding

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 212mm, f/5.6 @1/250s, ISO450

Second installment of my little mini series from the Rawhide Rodeo held here in town a couple of weeks ago. You can catch the first post here.

Like I said in my first rodeo post, I have a hard time understanding why a grown man would get on the back of a bull, that is tickled in the private parts area  - and on top of that, just for fun. Dont get me wrong, its fun to look at, but that’s about the extend of it for me. Even in the pen before the event, the bulls look mean, so I assume it can only go downhill from there.

On to the images. Instead of making a post per image, I’ll show a few of my favorite shots from the bull riding event here in one post. I shot all my shots – about 800 shots – from my seat in the stands, so the control of light and background is a bit of a toss-up. But now I know that for the next time they are in town. I still think they are worth showing, but I’ll leave that up to you to decide.

Click on the images for a nice large view of the action.

Enjoy.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 210mm, f/5.6 @1/250s, ISO450

He didn’t last long. Btw, this guy had to take a trip to the emerge (mentioned in my previous post). Dislocated shoulder i think. They couldnt pop it back in to place on site. – Yep, cowboys are tough..

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 210mm, f/5.3 @1/250s, ISO450

A really bad spot to be in – cause….

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 212mm, f/5.6 @1/250s, ISO360

… just because you are done with the bull, doesn’t mean the bull is done with you. – I would probably need to change my pants if i laying in the dirt right there. Look at his left arm. Ouch!!  Not good.. not good at all.

Next up: Rodeo clowns and other rodeo staff. Stay tuned.

 

 

July 30, 2012 | Categories: Ontario, Rodeo | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »

Yeeeeeehaaaww

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 112mm, f5.6 @ 1/750sec, ISO200

I had a really cool experience last weekend. I had got my hands on some tickets to the annual Rodeo show. It was my first time at a rodeo, so I didn’t really know what to expect. I have seen it on TV a few times, but it’s not a sport I follow religiously. I brought my D300 and my longest lens, the 70-300mm, and it turned out to be a the right choice. Of course, if I have had the 70-200 f2.8 it would have been better, but I don’t own that lens…yet

The rodeo is a cool way to see cowboys and girls in full gear, riding beautiful horses, wearing great outfits (that category belongs to the girls only) and of course the atmosphere. Lots of spectators were sporting a cowboy hat as well. The southern state accent from the announcer was very fitting and of course the rodeo clown. It was all a lot of fun. I would definitively go again, just because of the atmosphere.

Now, there’s something I don’t get. How would anyone in their right mind get on the back of a 1500+ lbs. bull with testies the size of baseballs, put a strap around the said area of the bull, and then let it out of the pen. The object is to stay on the bull for 8 sec. The amount jumping the bull does is also a part of the final score. At the same time try not the stomped on when one can’t hold on to the bull anymore. One guy got hurt badly and had to take a trip to emerge.

 

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 210mm, f5.6 @ 1/500sec, ISO200

This guy took awhile to get up. I think he had trouble breathing properly right after he fell off.

Anyway, I’ll start of the Rodeo image fest with the shots above. – there will be more…

Be sure to click on the images to view a larger version.

Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

July 26, 2012 | Categories: Nature, Ontario, Rodeo | Tags: , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

It is written on stone

Nikon D300, Nikkor 16-35mm f4 @ 24mm, f5.6, 1/180 sec, ISO200

I surprised my self, and got up early this morning in search for a picture at High Falls in Onaping. I think I got a few keepers that I will share in a later post. After the sun was getting higher in the sky, I decided to explore a bit above the falls. I found what looks to be a good sunset location so ill try to get back there later. On the way, I came across the image you see above, and i thought it was too good to pass up. High Falls is unfortunately littered with graffiti on the rocks because it’s so accessible, especially in the summer where the water levels are low. There are several marriage proposals, X loves Y, and Z was here. To be frank, I wish people would respect the falls beauty and stop painting on the rocks. That said, the graffiti on the rocks in the shot above stood out, so I had to shoot it.

This guy went all out and poured his feelings for his sweetheart out on the rocks, just above the falls. I’m not sure if its readable when it’s scaled down so here is the text letter for letter.

“So here it goes
I’ll try my Best
to explain to you
whats on my chest
I know I can LOVE
when I see the world in you
And your eyes everywhere in  the world
Your important to ME in every way
I would tell you that Everyday
To me your the one
your my modivation
our potential to be together
feels as though it would last 4 ever
I want to be ur man
And plan
everything
I can to assure u’ll
be a happy
girl”

It looks like he was running out of space at the end. That would make sense if he wrote this in the spring, where the water level would be just off the bottom of the frame.
Of course it’s not the most inspiring poem ever written, but he definitively put an effort into it. Who knows if his sweetheart read it and what happened after.

July 21, 2012 | Categories: Early morning, High Falls - Onaping - Ontario, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature, Onaping, Ontario, Symbols | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Morning on the lake

 

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-300mm, 70 mm, f/6.7, 1/500 sec, ISO200, Panorama - 16 images

On a trip down Hwy 6 to Manitoulin Island back in October last year, I drive through the town of Espanola. – See more shots and post from the town here,  here and here.  That morning the fog was pretty heavy and on a hunch I took a detour down on Panage Lake Rd,  just in case I would get lucky, and I didn’t get disappointed. It took about an 1 hour before the fog was burned of enough to get this shot – well, shots actually. It’s a panorama made from about 16 images,  8 shots in 2 rows. But in the mean time, I had a lot of fun shooting the morning mist or fog which is magical in a picture. It’s peaceful and a bit mystical. Not a bad thing in an image if you ask me.

 

 

May 28, 2012 | Categories: Dawn, Early morning, Fall colors, Fog, Landscape, Nature, Ontario, Panorama, Reflections, Water | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Spring time

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm, f/3.0, 1/1600 sec, ISO200

Hello folks. Yes I know its been awhile, and I’m kicking my self for not getting it done. Here’s the beginning of  attempting to post more regularly.

So spring time in Northern Ontario is to me, one of the most interesting times of the year. The colors of the landscape goes from brownish grey/black to a more vibrant green color. The mood of people changes as the light returns, days are getting longer, and warmer. Of course this is the time of year where people with allergies suffer – I know I do. For about 6-8 weeks my nose and eyes will be itchy, runny. I’ll be sneezing up a storm, but it’s still my favorite time of year.

And at times, nature likes to throw a curve ball, and she did just that a couple of weeks ago. We had an amazing record-breaking March, with temperatures up to 25°C for almost a week. – That’s pretty good frigggin awesome for N. Ontario standards. So of course every tree, bush and weed plant gets a wake up call – alrighty then, it’s that time of year, let’s get started. So the buds are budding weeks before normal, that grass is green at a time when it supposed to be, some flowers are already out, such as tulips, which turned out to be a really bad idea.

Summer in march is not gonna last, not up here, and of course, Blammo – A week with cold temperature below freezing puts an efficient hold on everything growing. On top of that, 10-15 cm of wet snow to really push progress down again. Tulips dies, fruit trees are very vulnerable at this time of year, and I’m sure many fruit growers has been hit bad. Time will tell.

The image above is shot with my 105mm macro lens, the subject is my lilac bush, and as usual, a click on the images will make it even bigger.

Enjoy.

 

 

May 20, 2012 | Categories: Close up, Intimate Landscape, Macro, Nature, Ontario | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

Going under ground

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm, 18mm, f/5.6, 6 sec, ISO400

I think an apology is in order. A while back I upgraded varies plugin’s on my blog, and for some reason the commentLuv plugin did not get re-enabled after the upgrade. I just realized yesterday that something was missing from the comments – the link back to the commenter’s own blog.

If you have commented on my images, please know that I appreciate them all, critical or not, and at the very least I should offer a link back to your blog. It didn’t happen, for that I’m really sorry.

Today’s shot is from an old limestone mine in Denmark. The mining ended in 1953, but the kilns were still producing burnt lime from other quarries all the way up to 1978.  The mine is now part of a museum. Lots of tourists take the tour underground, guided or not. The constant temperature in the mine is perfect for storage and maturing of cheese, up to 200 tons of it.  Just try for a second to imagine the smell… yeah, I know.

Besides being a bat habitat, the mine is also home to an underground concert hall – the acoustics are amazing.

 

November 16, 2011 | Categories: Denmark, Long exposure | Tags: , , , , , | 7 Comments »

The Mill

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm, 170mm, f/8, 1/2sec, ISO200

Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I think that was a very short weekend….

I’ll kick this week of with a shot from the paper mill in Espanola, Ontario. It’s from a set of shots taken in October last year. I just happened to be going by  early in the morning, and seeing the mist or fog by the hydro damn and bridge, that’ s just an opportunity that shouldn’t be wasted so I had to pull over and grab some shots. Here and here are some earlier post from Espanola.

 

November 14, 2011 | Categories: B/W, Dawn, Early morning, Fog, Intimate Landscape, Long exposure, Nature, Ontario | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments »

The corner

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm, 95mm, f/5.3, 1/320sec, ISO200

TGIF! What a long week. I thought I would end this week with another shot from a World Wide Photo walk. This time it’s from 2009 in Odense, Denmark. The walk was in and around the area of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth home, now museum. This shot looks really good in large print. Looking at the screen now, I’m not so sure… I was going for the patterns on the cobble stone and the bricks in the round wall.

 

November 11, 2011 | Categories: City shots, Close up, Denmark, Patterns, Photowalk, Street, Street photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments »

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