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Marco Barchesi 1 year ago

that's power

Peter Olexa 2 years ago

Great photo :) I like it
Carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/11/02/documentary-photography/

molelo 2 years ago

More evidence that men are crazy...but crazy makes the world go round

Dragan M. Babovic 2 years ago

Excellent shot full of energy,.

marius grozea 2 years ago

good catch!

Dr Mimi 2 years ago

Excellent capture

Frederick Lim Cung Wei 2 years ago

Great shot!

Feri Suminar 2 years ago

nice moment, great job

Monique 2 years ago

the photo is good.....but i think i will never understand what people love in this game.
and who really is an animal here?
why people are so cruel.....sad.

Nicolas Marino 2 years ago

Wow! nice example of animal cruelty. Watching this kind of games make me a kind of animal. I want that poor bull to stick his horns in those assholes who torture him. Same with the Spanish's toreros.
THe photograph is good in showing this.

SofiG - Tamara Cerna 2 years ago

excellent

asphoto 2 years ago

great

Robert 2 years ago

I find this an extrem good capture!

Robert

Adrian Donoghue 2 years ago

Fabulous image Rui

Jyothis James 2 years ago

you can see the power of the bull. three dozen men against one bull. an amazing capture.

m.j. arcanjo 2 years ago

Grande foto| Parabéns!

hilde van hove 2 years ago

talking about macho... .-)

Jan Gravekamp 2 years ago

Fantastic!!! Love this shot, drama and power.

agni 2 years ago

bravo!!

Ben Goossens 2 years ago

Powerful shot, Rui... super congrats:-)

Igor Sljivancanin 2 years ago

extra photo

jimmy hoffman 2 years ago

Great shot!

Ricardo Cabruja 2 years ago

Está um espectáculo! Grande imagem!
Parabéns!

Jose Luis Cunha 2 years ago

Fantastica!! E bom que estas tradicoes continuem :)

Mohammed Alemadi 2 years ago

Ooooooooooo
nice

Charlie Packard 2 years ago

A very powerful photograph !...but I have to disagree that the bull is not hurt.
Ancient and traditional custom in my country was that a person was hanged for stealing sheep...now we fine them :~)

Rui Pires Sorry Charlie, this special "bull fight" have a name in Portuguese : "Capeia Raiana" and the ones who get hurt in the end is the people who decide to go play with the bull ! Here nobody hurts the bull, no swords, nothing can hurt the animal. Is like you play with your dog in a beach.
I think the only one who have fun and lough a lot in the end is the bull ! :)
I hate tradicional bullfights too ! I love animals, hate hurt them.
One day, you must assist in Portugal to a "capeia" and see lots of people spinning in the air after bull catch them :))) It´s realy very funny ! ;)
This specific wood stuff with people inside is named "forcão", and have special places where bull put head and just push all that guys at same time :)

Charlie Packard Rui, thanks for the explanation which, in the interests of photographic friendship, I accept.
Just like the written word, photographs can often seem ambiguous :~)

Bob Patefield Sorry Rui, but that's 'bull' if you'll forgive the pun. Another example of animal cruelty that I don't want to have to look at. The bull isn't there of its own free will is it? I've asked the founders to block images with animal cruelty in the same way they block nudes, but have been ignored twice. With all the censorship and things like this I'm getting to the thin end with this site. No doubt this comment will evaporate like so many before it.

Rui Pires If you play in beach with your dog, the dog is there by its own free ? :)
Bob, i hate somuch animal cruelty as you or more. And believe me this "capeia" only have cruelty to people who decide play with the bull. Nothing to do with that bloody "bullfights" you know and hate somuch as me :)
Unfortunely in this image you can´t see the fun of this capeias, but i will send you a link to some of my photos ;)
Again, believe me, no cruelty at all here, this people love bulls happy and free in fields :)

Rui Pires Who get´s hurt here ? I bet bull is very happy :)))

http://olhares.aeiou.pt/festa_na_raia_foto1405530.html

Bob Patefield Why would I want to see more images of this Rui? How do you know the bull is happy? I hate all this crap and don't want to look at it.

Rui Pires You have many great images in FP today. Go there !

Bob Patefield What's FP?

Rui Pires latest-additions page or "front page" lol

Bob Patefield Cat got your tongue?

Bob Patefield Sorry Rui. I honestly don't know what you are referring to here. Can you please be less cryptic and explain?

Slavomir M. 2 years ago

great