During a reenactment of the Chisholm Trail Cal was able to stand in the way of the trail drive with another photographer. This shot was in front of the drive - Longhorns coming toward Cal. They would go by with Cal behind a tree - Virginia Ann laughed as he danced to avoid the horns.
Cattle Drive
Austin, Texas, United States - 15 Oct 2011 See on Google Maps
This is not one of my best photographs but a fun story. I signed up as a photographer for a project to shoot pictures for 24 hours in Austin we were given hours by drawing and I drew an afternoon time slot - not the best. We found this reenactment of a cattle drive and headed there. I had two cameras and looked like a photographer so I simply made friends with a real news photographer on site and the police let me and him get into the drive area. We stood by a fairly large tree and shot pictures as the cattle moved toward us - then hid behind the tree as they came by - the horns came very close. The cowboys had fun trying to drive the cattle into the "photographers". This photo was included in the show.
Cal Holman Posted on 04 Aug 2019
EXIF
Camera
Canon EOS 7D
Lens
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Focus
145.0 mm
Speed
1/249 sec
Aperture
F5.6
ISO
200
Program
Aperture priority
Exposure
0 EV
WB