Digging into my photo archives and I found a few pictures which I had not yet posted. Back on Saturday, February 29 some of our Photo Club decided to attend the Apache Junction Rodeo. I thought it would be a great opportunity to get some action shots and try out my 70-200mm lens. In about 3 hours I managed to shoot 950 pictures. Thats what 8 frames a second in burst mode will do. Don't worry I deleted about 600 of them and have only included a small sample size below.
Lori and I aren't big Rodeo fans however it was a beautiful afternoon and a great way to spend time with friends. Lori spent her time cheering for the horses and bulls while I had my camera in front of my face for most of the time. Just think how novel an idea it is now to sit in a grandstand with a thousand of so people all huddled together. How things have changed.
I've separated the pictures into events. Here is the bareback bronc riding.
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| A beautiful setting. |
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| They all managed to coordinate the shirts but one guy didn't get the message. Its black hat day, dude. |
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| Purty young fillies. |
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| The nice thing about a burst is you get a real feel for the action. |
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| Leaving so soon |
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| Some very interesting positions. |
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| Another one bites the dust |
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| Yeehah. |
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| This guy was all over the place |
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| but kept hanging on, until |
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| Oh so close to getting stomped. All the riders walked away although I'm sure with lots of bumps and bruises. |
Next up a little calf roping and steer 'rastling.
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