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One of my photographic subject is Yabusame, that is a traditional horse back archery since the samurai era.
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This past weekend, I went to take Yabusame pictures to Odawara. Odawara is famous for plum trees and this event is to celebrate the plum festival.
Archers wear traditional cloths and they ride a horse with archery. They are mostly veterans, some may young and few are female.
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[size=xx-small]Camera: EOS-1DsMkII, EF70-200/4L IS[/size]
Horses of nowadays are evolved way faster than the Samurai age, hence the archers required tremendous concentration to shoot and take control of the horse at the same time.
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[size=xx-small]Camera: EOS-1DsMkII, EF24-105/4L IS[/size]
I shoot these photos at manual exposure, because the sun was at back-lit and the motion blur makes pictures active.
Here you can find some Yabusame info in English.
http://www.yabusame.or.jp/english/index.html
Click on the pictures to enlarge.
This past weekend, I went to take Yabusame pictures to Odawara. Odawara is famous for plum trees and this event is to celebrate the plum festival.
Archers wear traditional cloths and they ride a horse with archery. They are mostly veterans, some may young and few are female.
http://vaiopocket.up.seesaa.net/image/2590.jpghttp://vaiopocket.up.seesaa.net/imag...thumbnail2.jpg http://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/image/2543.jpghttp://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/imag...thumbnail2.jpg
[size=xx-small]Camera: EOS-1DsMkII, EF70-200/4L IS[/size]
Horses of nowadays are evolved way faster than the Samurai age, hence the archers required tremendous concentration to shoot and take control of the horse at the same time.
http://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/image/2591.jpghttp://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/imag...thumbnail2.jpg http://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/image/2565.jpghttp://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/imag...thumbnail2.jpg http://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/image/2537.jpghttp://blog17gray.up.seesaa.net/imag...thumbnail2.jpg
[size=xx-small]Camera: EOS-1DsMkII, EF24-105/4L IS[/size]
I shoot these photos at manual exposure, because the sun was at back-lit and the motion blur makes pictures active.
Here you can find some Yabusame info in English.
http://www.yabusame.or.jp/english/index.html