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Photographer’s Note

This is a photo of the Khongorin Els sand dunes in Mongolia. A bunch of us climbed to the top to watch the sunset. The sunset was taking quite a while, so we decided to try the Mongolian National sport of wrestling while we were waiting.

Wrestling is unbelievably popular in Mongolia. Almost every male in the country is quite a good wrestler. My guide on this trip weighed about 25 kgs less than me and took me down no problem. The rules are a little different than in most countries: the match is over as soon as any body part other than hands or feet touch the ground.

This is a photo of the decisive moment just before my friend got thrown down the dune. I kept the horizon in the middle of the photo, as I was using my wide angle lens.

Roly, mortijo, Estaban, Josh69, Jazator, TrippleDB has marked this note useful

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alainh (35387) 2004-07-09 15:12

tres belle compo Mike,
l'attitude des 2 personages n'est pas tres precise mais ajoute de la profondeur à l'ensemble.
au plaisir
alain

jackwp (519) 2004-07-09 15:21

Very colorful. DOF and Colours are excellent. I think you have captured the correct beauty of the sky at this time of night. Very good picture....

Estaban (832) 2004-07-13 4:26

Just as on all your photos from Mongolia here the sky is amazing. The silhouettes gives the climate of this decisive moment :) The dunes ideally vanish in the line to the sun.

Good job.

Josh69 (1427) 2004-07-13 8:35

Very, very nice and a very informative note. The exposure is spot on for the type of scene you have photographed and it has brought out some nice colours. The only nit-pick is that the horizon appears to be tilted a little to the right.

TrippleDB (97) 2004-07-14 15:40