BULLS TO THE RING

[Julian de'Courcy]

Taking the bulls to the judging ring. I had had enough by then and could not stay any longer. But got this one on the way out.


STITHIANS SHOW by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Brilliantly done Julian. This less conventional view and selective focus makes for a wonderful image. It is a shame about the out of focus one on the left. Have you thought of cropping it out? I had worried that losing the lad might detract from the overall image but I think it actually 'focuses' you in on the main character. What do you think?

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Good advice as always Pete. I did crop the blurred figure on the left wanting to keep the guy with the hat in and the hands. It was one of those unfortunate ones which just did not quite work. But I'll look again at what you say.
My take on this is as. This type of shot reminds me a lot of those you may see as wild herders in the plains of where ever and often captured from the rear, more interest with colour and dust and the sunset maybe , my take on the North European cattle herder.

lol did'nt quite come off.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Yep - agree with Pete - maybe a 4:3 crop to the RHS - looks like it could be anywhere in Europe, certainly doesn't say 'England' to me - more like Turkey or even parts of the old Soviet Union with that hat!