Kazakh Hunters Four

I keep my GoPro set to take a still every 5 seconds when recording

video. I have gotten some interesting stills in the last year or so. This

one puts me eye to eye with mounted eagle hunters in NW Mongolia.

The camera was mounted on a monopod and held up to eye level

while I walked around the horses. CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW,

Comments Appreciated.

Magnificent image and very interesting details of your method of capture. Best regards.

Wow! Stills from a GoPro. Great detail. Interesting characters. You have a nice portfolio.  I think you stumbled on to something using the GoPro.

Thanks John and Russ. Russ, I have been looking for something to do with the GoPro on the more artistic side rather than the extreme sports side, although I have some amazing video of a recent float down the Grand Canyon. I haven't really come up with it yet, but I think it will be with stills rather than the video. This may be the beginning. Just leave the GoPro running while you go about your normal photographic routine. Hundreds of jpegs to sort through later, and most are worthless. Occasionally you get something worth working on. This was one of those.

I'm always keen on seeing what intention and chance produce when working together. It's the element I strive for even in still photography. Gary Winogrand was alluding to this when he said that street photography is the closest he can come to not existing. I'm sure a lot of people were puzzled by this remark but I believe he was referring to transcending the set patterns that harden into habits, that inform the way we view things and that limit perception of the world. Man is the pattern making animal; it's our strength and also our prison.The only real surprises come when we somehow manage to break through and see things anew.

Interesting shot about hunting traditions !

Thank you Jack and Svetlana.