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Photographer’s Note

More Mongolia. 2006 is an auspicious year in Mongolian history. It marks the 800th Anniversary of the Great Mongolian State and will be honored by a string of nationwide celebrations that will last for the whole of the year.

A featured part of the festivities will be the Cavalry Ride. The five-hundred-man cavalry is comprised entirely of soldiers and has been made possible thanks to cooperation from the Mongolian Ministry of Defense. As the cavalry emerges out of the grassland steppe in a cloud of dust, a fearsome spectacle is relived. The sight of the procession of soldiers marching in a straight line reminds us of Genghis Khan's mighty army.

From Mongolian Tourism Website.

vinicio, siolaw, kiwi_explorer, ManuMay, albertopiubello, atilgone has marked this note useful

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Angshu (33697) 2007-02-26 4:54

Hello Benjamin
What an excellent shot! Love the framing and the DOF here. The dust acts as a curtain cutting off the BG. Your Mongolia pix. are all excellent
Regards
Angshu
PS : Hope you have a fast recovery from your broken leg

siolaw (25750) 2007-02-26 5:14

Hi Ben,
Yes, i like your Mongolian horsemen series too! Good double riders here providing a strong FG... DoF blurring the BG isolates them...good colors, sharpness and timing.
Broken leg?!!
Laurent

bantonbuju (48632) 2007-02-26 5:20

hi ben,
love it all the way - the placement of the two riders, and the background "herd" following them - isolated in a distans by the boked...good one...best wishes, j.

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-02-26 5:52

Hi Benjamin,
Excellent photography. The placement of the subject and DOF is just perfect. Contrast and color tones is very good. Well done ... tfs
Cheers,
Renier

jasmis (50472) 2007-02-26 6:22

Dynamic, impressive, exotic. Superb composition with amazing background.
Regards.

TMLH (1668) 2007-02-26 6:25

Hi Benjamin,

Excellent photo especially the facial expression of the soliders. Looks can kill. Excellent composition
TFS
Tony

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ManuMay (10874) 2007-02-26 6:41

Hi Benjamin!!
Another great shot, very good DOF and definition, also colours are very good.
TFS
Manuel

vapours (7913) 2007-02-26 7:19

You've done well with this one Benjamin. With this type of event it can be hard to make the image look like a scene from days gone by, but you've succeeded with this one. I like the effect of the dust that has been kicked up.

MIG13 (0) 2007-02-26 8:28

Hi, Benjamin! A nice and original pic, well composed and showing a scene that's not usual here! Well done! TFS! Greetings from Rio! Miguel.

jrzufferey (7249) 2007-02-26 10:34

Hello Benjamin, Ton image est magnifique digne des plus grands reportages avec ce deuxième plan flou et poussièreux. Ciao/jr

albertopiubello (2591) 2007-02-26 15:13

Hi Ben,
I discovered your gallery with your mongolian shots and I'm glad to see some others...
This image is great for its sharpness and POV. The contrast with the background is simply great!
Alberto

devimeuxbe (55865) 2007-02-26 17:36

HI benjamin
Your sery about this race i, Mongolia is really great. Wonderfull light and sharpness, great a powerfull shot.
Bertrand

vinicio (22412) 2007-02-27 2:22

Excellent portrait of these knights, the DOF is great and the dusty atmosphere adds great appeal to the image, well done, compliments Benjamin.
Have a nice day
Ciao
Vinicio

vincz (19043) 2007-02-27 4:27

Perfect quality, we can feel right in the middle of it. A wonderful shot.

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-02-27 5:10

Hi Ben, great image with the blured background!!
i like a lot your compo and your strong result!
beautiful work!
ciao!
Valeria

ML1905 (0) 2007-02-28 2:47

Hello,
very good sharpness and colours. I also like the composition and the background - tha fact that just behind two front horse-riders there is nothing seen, yet there are blured horse-riders on the top of the picture. Is this just the work of dust, or also some post-working on the picture?
Congrats!
Matej.

atilgone (4749) 2007-02-28 4:37

Hi Benjamin,

I like all your pictures from Mongolia. You captured very good moments. This one is so sharp and brillant. Cavalries position on the frame is excelent! Well done.
TFS
Kind regards,
atilgan