One-Handed Drivers

I swear I could shoot nothing but the pickup men at a rodeo and wind up with a bunch of great pictures. I think what they do — all night — is as skillful as anything else going on in the arena.  I mean, you try unbuckling a strap with one hand, at a gallop, while steering your horse into another horse.

If you ever go to a rodeo, don't fall asleep after the timed event is over.  Watch these guys work.  It's impressive.  There's no money in it, so you don't see anybody photographing it. But I don't shoot for money. I shoot for fun.  And this is as fun to shoot as the rest of the rodeo.

From the National Cowboy Pro Rodeo Association Finals in Alabama A&M's Agribition Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 80-200mm F2.8

120mm

F2.8@1/320th

ISO 10,000

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