08 Thursday Jun 2023
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Post #4 — More mud shots! I will call this one the “That’s no bull!” version. 🙂
I hope you are enjoying the images! Have a great day.
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~ John 8:32
07 Wednesday Jun 2023
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More of my mud action photography from the 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo (June 02-04, 2023).
More will be coming. God bless!
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~ John 8:32
07 Wednesday Jun 2023
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The 2023 Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo will likely always be remembered by any who were involved are attended as the wettest and muddiest rodeo in its history. Photographing it was a great experience, but I was only able to submit just a fraction of my photos for publication. I thought I would work on some of my favorite “mud shots” from the weekend and post them here. I hope you enjoy.
I will keep posting more. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~ John 8:32
11 Sunday Sep 2022
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Despite living near the Colorado Rocky Mountains, I still get awestruck whenever I visit Yellowstone National Park. The scenery along Yellowstone’s northern loop is unbelievable. This image is newly uploaded to my fine art gallery. I hope you will take a look and be as inspired as I was when I was there.
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~ John 8:32
03 Tuesday Aug 2021
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Keep singing that country music song with me… “Wild horses… keep dragging me away.”
The popular and famous Wild Horse Race (they don’t use actual wild horses anymore) is a tradition on the last day of the world famous Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is a wild and wooly affair that pits cowboys against horsepower in a battle to saddle an untrained horse, ride it around the large track and cross the finish line first.
The horses are typically unharmed during the event (there are plenty of people on hand to help with that). The same can’t be said about most of the cowboys, though.
I wonder if making the decision to sign up for this event goes something like this: “Hey pard, those guys last year couldn’t get that wild horse saddled.” “Here, hold my beer.”
“Wild horses…. keep dragging me away.”
15 Monday Apr 2019
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Probably not what Colorado bareback cowboy Casey Colletti did this past Saturday (April 13, 2019)…
Casey Colletti wasn’t in the lineup of competitors for the 2019 Rodeo All Star event held in Denver, CO over the weekend of April 12-13, 2019. But when one of the contestants couldn’t make it, rodeo organizers called Colletti at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday to see if he could drive up from Pueblo, CO and ride some bucking broncs against some of the best competition in the sport.
Forget chores and spring cleaning, Colletti grabbed his gear and arrived in time for the 2:30 p.m. afternoon rodeo. Not content to just show up, Colletti won the afternoon round with an 84-point ride to advance to Saturday night’s championship round where, you guessed it, he rode another bronc for 87 points to win the Saturday night round and move into a head to head match-up against three-time PRCA world champion Will Lowe for a chance at an extra $5,000.00 and the 2019 Rodeo All Star title.
“I’m just happy to be here,” said a smiling Colletti after winning the round on Saturday night and getting ready to ride against Will Lowe for the title. “Being able to go against three time world champion Will Lowe in a shoot out, head to head format. This is the kind of stuff we live for, you know what I mean?”
In the head to head round, Colletti beat his earlier scores with an 88-point ride on his third bucking bronc of the day. That’s right. Not one bucking bronc, which would send most people crawling to their chiropractor, but three bucking broncs in a single afternoon and evening. Even though his impressive 88 points in the head to head round fell short of Will Lowe’s stunning 90-point ride for the Rodeo All Star title, it is safe to say Colletti’s planned day off was a bit more productive than any of ours.
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