Charles Bartolotta
About the Image(s)
Last year I discovered that the town of Alden, New York, about 10 miles from where I
live, holds a rodeo every Saturday evening during the summer behind one of their
churches. This photograph was taken during my first visit there. The bull in the photo
was by far the most aggressive of the bulls in the rodeo. He has just thrown the rider
and normally one or two horse riders will herd the bull back through the gate and into
the pen after he’s thrown the rider. This bull however, decided he wasn’t going back and
wLast year I discovered that the town of Alden, New York, about 10 miles from where I
live, holds a rodeo every Saturday evening during the summer behind one of their
churches. This photograph was taken during my first visit there. The bull in the photo
was by far the most aggressive of the bulls in the rodeo. He has just thrown the rider
and normally one or two horse riders will herd the bull back through the gate and into
the pen after he’s thrown the rider. This bull however, decided he wasn’t going back and
was going to take his revenge on anyone or anything remaining in the ring. This rider
was supposed to be chasing the bull back but the bull had other ideas. It took all of 15-
minutes to finally get him back into the pen.
Little processing on this photo other than the mono conversion, contrast, sharpening,
etc.
Nikon Z8 with Nikon 70-300mm lens at 70 mm focal length
f/8 @ 1/1250 sec, ISO 640as going to take his revenge on anyone or anything remaining in the ring. This rider
was supposed to be chasing the bull back but the bull had other ideas. It took all of 15-
minutes to finally get him back into the pen.
Little processing on this photo other than the mono conversion, contrast, sharpening,
etc.
Nikon Z8 with Nikon 70-300mm lens at 70 mm focal length
f/8 @ 1/1250 sec, ISO 640