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24-APR-2005 Linda

Rodeo's Guardian Angels

If you're not a rodeo fan, this picture probably doesn't have much meaning. The bull rider's hand
is hung up in the rigging. The yellow sleeve you can see, at the upper left of the frame,
is the one the rodeo "clowns", more appropriately called a bullfighter, who's job is to help bull riders
when they are in trouble. Here he's run in on the other side of the bull, to jerk the rope loose,
and release the rider's hand so he can get away from this 2000 pound bucking bull. The rigging came loose
and nobody was hurt, thanks to both of these hard working "guardian angels" of the rodeo world.
Behind the bull you can see the other bullfighter headed in, to get between the rider and the bull, once he's loose.

Nikon D100
1/400s f/9.0 at 270.0mm ISO 200 full exif

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