July 28 2012
Mongolia 10
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I am off to Tanzania so this will be the last in this series for now. Back in 2 weeks or so.

Mongolia 10

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I am off to Tanzania so this will be the last in this series for now. Back in 2 weeks or so.



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July 27 2012
Mongolia 09

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July 26 2012
Mongolia 08 Military Marchers Naadam festival
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Mongolia 08 Military Marchers Naadam festival

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Mongolia 07
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July 24 2012
Mongolia 06  These two men, perhaps father and son, were watching the opening events during the provincial town’s Naadam festival.There were formalities with marching service men and women before the (famous) wrestling and archery and, of course,  the horse races. I liked the older man’s very smiling eyes and the younger mans rugged good looks. They were happy to be photographed. The arena had various seating arrangements but the “back row” was all people on horseback taking advantage of their higher position to view proceedings. I thought that said so much about how riding is a part of their life.

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Mongolia 06  These two men, perhaps father and son, were watching the opening events during the provincial town’s Naadam festival.There were formalities with marching service men and women before the (famous) wrestling and archery and, of course,  the horse races. I liked the older man’s very smiling eyes and the younger mans rugged good looks. They were happy to be photographed. The arena had various seating arrangements but the “back row” was all people on horseback taking advantage of their higher position to view proceedings. I thought that said so much about how riding is a part of their life.

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July 23 2012


Mongolia 05 There is a special sense of fit between the rider, the horse and the landscape in Mongolia. As if all three take pleasure in their connections.
This is a panned image at 1/30 sec which has allowed the background to blur, the movement to show in the horses legs but some of the horse to be quite sharp. Choosing a shutter speed for this kind of image is experimental as lens type, speed of movement, angle of movement and distance from the photographer all are factors. Still 1/30 sec is often a good starting point. I will usually use a short burst in the middle of a long pan and will often prefocus.
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Mongolia 05 There is a special sense of fit between the rider, the horse and the landscape in Mongolia. As if all three take pleasure in their connections.



This is a panned image at 1/30 sec which has allowed the background to blur, the movement to show in the horses legs but some of the horse to be quite sharp. Choosing a shutter speed for this kind of image is experimental as lens type, speed of movement, angle of movement and distance from the photographer all are factors. Still 1/30 sec is often a good starting point. I will usually use a short burst in the middle of a long pan and will often prefocus.

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July 20 2012
Mongolia 04 Small but fast these horses were part of a large herd enjoying the river, A small provincial town is in the distance.
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Mongolia 04 Small but fast these horses were part of a large herd enjoying the river, A small provincial town is in the distance.

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July 19 2012
Mongolia 03 A nomad horseman who rode up to check us out. They are wonderful horsemen and seem to have only one speed which is fast.
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Mongolia 03 A nomad horseman who rode up to check us out. They are wonderful horsemen and seem to have only one speed which is fast.

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July 18 2012


Mongolia 02 Gobi Dunes Mongolia
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July 17 2012
Mongolia 01 I am just back from Mongolia and will see what images I can process before I leave again for Tanzania next week. (Such a tough life I have eh..)
As dawn gently breaks in the Gobi, this young man and his brother, came to pump water into the drinking trough for their herd of horses. He was both keen to be photographed and shy simultaneously.Wikipedia says there is a traditional saying in Mongolian: “A Mongol without a horse is like a Bird without the wings”. andGenghis Khan himself once said: “It is easy to conquer the world from the back of a horse”. So lets see this young man as getting ready to conquer the world and hope he and his generation can avoid being conquered, in turn, by the investors and financial mercenaries rushing to  have a piece of the mineral wealth of his country. 

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Mongolia 01 I am just back from Mongolia and will see what images I can process before I leave again for Tanzania next week. (Such a tough life I have eh..)

As dawn gently breaks in the Gobi, this young man and his brother, came to pump water into the drinking trough for their herd of horses. He was both keen to be photographed and shy simultaneously.
Wikipedia says there is a traditional saying in Mongolian: “A Mongol without a horse is like a Bird without the wings”. and
Genghis Khan himself once said: “It is easy to conquer the world from the back of a horse”. So lets see this young man as getting ready to conquer the world and hope he and his generation can avoid being conquered, in turn, by the investors and financial mercenaries rushing to  have a piece of the mineral wealth of his country. 


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