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Steer Wrestling

Posted on | March 29, 2011 | 6 Comments

Steer Wrestling at 2011 Frank Bogert Memorial Rodeo, Palm Springs, California

Steer Wrestling at 2011 Frank Bogert Memorial Rodeo, Palm Springs, California

It’s kind of hard to appreciate how intense these rodeo events are until you are standing next to the action. I was standing next to the gate during the steer wrestling part and the horses would sprint out blowing right past my camera. In hindsight I probably should have brought a backup camera so I could have had a wide angle lens as well.

See more of my rodeo pictures.

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6 Responses to “Steer Wrestling”

  1. Sharon Van Lieu
    March 29th, 2011 @ 10:00 am

    Just never stand behind the gate where they release the bulls for the bull riding events. They start bucking and stuff starts flying…

    You caught the action very well.

    Sharon

  2. Richard Wong
    March 29th, 2011 @ 12:26 pm

    Thanks for the tip Sharon. That is really good to know. :-)

  3. bernie kasper
    April 11th, 2011 @ 5:15 pm

    Great shots Richard…I thought shooting high school sports was bad, you could get seriously hammered by one of those runaway trains !!

  4. Richard Wong
    April 11th, 2011 @ 10:41 pm

    Thanks Bernie. You definitely can get hit if you aren’t paying attention. Perhaps a successful rodeo shoot is one where you make it out unscathed and without manure all over you.

  5. Brad Groff
    December 7th, 2011 @ 4:50 pm

    Hey that’s me

  6. Richard Wong
    December 8th, 2011 @ 1:39 am

    Hey Brad. That’s awesome. I have a lot of respect for what you do.

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