Cows, a photo from Centre, East

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This photo was taken in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.

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erel (11890) 2008-01-01 2:10

merhaba

çok güzel bir an yakalamışsın, toz bulutlarıda fotoğrafı güzelleştirmiş. iyi seneler. EREL

adelune (0) 2008-01-01 2:12

A picture full fury! Very successful! TFS a so very good snapshot Murat! Admiration x2! alain

rgarrigus (0) 2008-01-01 2:13

Hi Murat,

I find this image fascinating. It looks like it might be the beginning of a Darwin Award moment :) The frenetic sense of movement and adrenalin shows in the photo and is enhanced by the haze from the dust being kicked up. Good positioning of the brown steer.

The only slight problem with the image (which was outside your control) is the guy in the background with the red stripes on his shirt. That red really conflicts with the main subject area - which for me is the guy desperately holding onto the tail. I did a workshop cloning him out. See what you think.

Cheers!

Bob G.

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cyrrhus (2878) 2008-01-01 2:20

Woww What a rodeo.
This is really "live" photography... no time to think about technique, optics and whatever :-)
The movement is very well rendered with all this sand flowing around.
greetings Eric /.

Tweety (4546) 2008-01-01 2:36

Bonjour Murat
Quelle jolie photo ! Toute la violence de l'action y est parfaitement rendue : les muscles saillants de l'homme, son expression, la poussière ... Le cadrage est excellent. Bravo !

romanaa (8430) 2008-01-01 2:36

HELLO,
what are they doing? It is just crazy. Great dynamic photo. Perfect composition and sharpness. The dust gives it great atmosphere. Great, stunning.
Regards
Romana

macondo (20449) 2008-01-01 2:41

Hello Murat.
A fantastic action shot, with perfect sharpness and wonderful rich colour. Superb photo except for the man in the back. Bob has done a good job to show how to clone him out. But brilliant picture, congratulations.
Regards,
Andrew

CatherineD (4864) 2008-01-01 3:04

Hi Murat,
What a great shot, with action and suspens. The movement of the man trying to stop the cow is excellent. We follow also the cow going straith with the others.
I agree with Bob about the minor disturbance. Good WS.
Happy New Year!
Catherine

wawa (692) 2008-01-01 7:06

A stunning photo and a very good WS.
Well done
Warren

broglia (3604) 2008-01-01 8:23

Stunning shot Murat, full of life, drama and tension. Such a wonderful range of earthy colours too. The ghostly guy in the background is best removed as in the workshop.Perfectly balanced composition. Best regards for the New Year, Roberto

elitsa (509) 2008-01-02 1:34

Hi Murat,
I like very much this shot! Exelant shot in moove with nice composition and colours.
Very successful shot.
Compliments
elitsa

mamalia (242) 2008-10-08 4:02

hello murat,
i like a lot your photo, its movement, its colours, it looks like to a corrida, with a zébu, it's quite original. you managed to capture a very short and strong moment, congratulations!
amalia