The harder you bite the faster they go

[Neil Williams]

No wheels, no engines, no pads, - only pure bull power speeding through muddy rice fields that gives spectators that unbelievable adrenaline rush: this is what Pacu Jawi is all about.
Held every year to celebrate the end of the rice harvest, Pacu Jawi is a traditional Bull Race held in the Minangkabau highlands of West Sumatra............ This picture was taken in November 2015 which was my second trip to Padang West Sumatra.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Neil - Welcome to BPN. I've moved this from Wildlife to Landscapes, Cityscapes and Travel where it more properly belongs as a travel image. The Wildlife Forum does not include farm or domesticated animals. Fantastic action, well captured with all the mud flying and the dof looks good. I also like the conversion. Please don't forget to include your EXIF data including camera and lens used, focal length if a zoom lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO and any filters or support used. It helps in the critique process as does including any significant post processing steps.

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TFS and looking forward to seeing more of your images,
Rachel

[Don Railton]

Great Action Captured here Neil... Maybe a tad tight I think but I guess you wanted to get close in on the 'Driver'...

DON

[Neil Williams]

Great Action Captured here Neil... Maybe a tad tight I think but I guess you wanted to get close in on the 'Driver'...

DON

Hay done there's very little crop. I shot this with a 300mm f2.8 and had to get out of the way quickly before I got ran over :bg3:

[Gabriela Plesea]

Superb capture Neil, this is one stunner and such a memorable image!

I am very taken with this, not only you had the guts to stand still and take the frame, but the content is so, so captivating - love the expression from the man and the bulls are so impressive. So is the "explosion" of water...Gripping action, there's so much to look at here. I have to hold my breath while viewing!

Superb work, congratulations! I sincerely hope to see more from you:cheers:

Kind regards,

[Andrew McLachlan]

Welcome to BPN and the Landscape Forum Neil...great action captured here and quite effective as a B&W conversion too...looking forward to seeing more of your imagery!

[Neil Williams]

Welcome to BPN and the Landscape Forum Neil...great action captured here and quite effective as a B&W conversion too...looking forward to seeing more of your imagery!
Thank you sir and thank you for having me

[David Cowling]

Wonderful action shot. Makes you feel you are right in it. Like the B&W conversion.

[Don Lacy]

Welcome Neil, A great image to introduce yourself the processing is superb and the framing and action capture tells a wonderful story

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hey Neil, missed this one. Love the action, splashes and intensity here.
Your conversion also does a great job in terms of tonal range en texture definition.
:5

[Steven Major]

For myself...stressing out animals for the purpose of human enjoyment is always completely B. S.

[Neil Williams]

It ain't no different from horse or racing 😀😀