About the Image(s)

Location: 2024 International Finals Youth Rodeo, Shawnee, Oklahoma.

A bronc riding photograph. The rider is riding a bucking horse with a saddle. The rider holds a single rein with one hand and cannot touch the horse with his free hand. The rider must establish a rhythm with the horse and maintain control of the horse for eight seconds. Both the rider and horse are judged and the scores are combined.

Camera & lens: Canon EOS 6D II with a Canon RF 100mm-500mm f5.7 lens at 300mm.

Exposure: 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 500.

Camera/lens: monopod.

Postprocessing: Photoshop for cropping, and minor brightness and contrast adjustment. Topaz Photo.