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Published: 2010-10-16 21:12:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 27414; Favourites: 1664; Downloads: 350
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**Due to numerous requests, this Print can be purchased at [link] **It looks like she's a big gal, but she's actually a very tiny girl. the horses were small. a little bigger than ponies. She competed earlier this yr. they have to hit targets in boxes that are 1.5x1.5 ft while riding horses. three targets, three points. this round she got 2 of 3 targets. her horse was one of the more rambunctious ones and was probably one of the fastest.
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Thanks. I'm getting ready to order this one for my wall. Seems like a lot of people like this shot more than any I've taken.
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I love how graceful her right hand looks, and the moment that you captured is just stunning.
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absolutely graceful ladies!
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IF I look at this, I don't wonder anymore why Europe thopught my nation was in connection with Japan haha 
Anyways, it's really beautiful
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Could it be that this horse is a Hokkaido horse ? Those are said to be small, but I read somewhere they could almost go on par with Arabian horses on very short runs.
Again, fantastic image. This pair looks... aerial, their moves very fluid despite the apparent unbalance between rider and horse's sizes. and you captured their common determination and concentration perfectly. Your work makes "pictures of the floating world" all due honor
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I couldn't answer your question. Most horses here in northern Japan are short and stocky. There are horses at the northern tip of Honshu that are completely wild and all of them are short and stocky.
Thank you much for the compliments.
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Thank you. I'm still shocked that people like this one so much.
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man this is awesome
big fan of japane's cultur and old remnes of bygone days
if it is possible i vant to see some samurai plz ^^
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Yabusame is quite a challenge, although it looks just natural... like classical ballet, actually. This picture is really splendid, the kyΓ»dΓ΄jin looks just like flying, I'm very fond of it.
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thank you for the kind words. i'll be going to see them again in October.
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This is such a beautiful photo, and a fantastic image to capture. I love this, and wish I had better words to express my awe of your skill as a photographer.
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Thank you so much for the kind words.
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You're welcome; you deserved them.
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what a moment.. and also nice composition!
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now that's what i call a bow, probably extremely accurate too
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pretty accurate. she hit a target the size of a jam jar.
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she looked like she meant bussiness
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haha...these gals are dead serious when they're competing. ironically, they're all friends so the competition is friendly and they're all supportive of each other.
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Pretty cool! btw, I'm very certain that's a pony, it looks tiny! Ponies are usually anything under 14.2 "hands" (about 1.5 meters or nearly 5 feet) at the withers (the highest part of the back just below the neck).
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Trust me, it's a horse. The horses in northern japan aren't big at all. matter of fact, most are stout, have bigger heads and barrel shaped bodies. I went to the most northern tip of Honshu to see the wild ones and they're all "thicker" than an average horse but smaller and have much more hair to protect them from the winters.
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Yes, you're absolutely right. A pony is a horse also (as in the species of horses). We just call anything below 1.5 meters at the withers a pony to differentiate between the sizes easier. This horse looks much smaller than that, thus calling it a pony would not be incorrect but calling it a horse is also fine.
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ah ok, i see what you're saying.
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I know that. but it's still huge. Certainly useful, but I still find it difficult to imagine how they were in a battle. I think it could not simply use other weapons, while if the belt or hung on their backs in a big bow.We, Hungarians, this bow is used:[link]
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hahaha...that bow is about the same size as the ones in this competition. you forget that Japanese are small people...and so are their horses.
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Well, I do not know. The Hungarian people are still small compared to Western Europeans. After all, little more than a thousand years ago came here from Asia.Once he visited the Japanese and a Hungarian bow to each other.
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First of all, very cool photograph, awesome action shot. Second of all, congrats on the DD. Thirdly, because I have to ask, what's going on with her feet? Are they just wrapped up like that for some reason for the sport?
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Thank you, thank you and she's wearing tabi shoes...they're soft boots that have a split in the toe. Almost like walking bear foot.
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Ahh you're welcome! And thanks =]
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They're tabi shoes and quite comfortable. The warrior class usually wore them for efficiency, comfort, and agility. 
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