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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Anirban Halder on September 14, 2016, 04:39:27
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"The Running of the Llamas" is a unique event in Hammond, a tiny town in the corn-covered hills of western Wisconsin. It happens second Saturday every September. Last Saturday was the 20th annual and final Running of the Llamas.
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2. Little Tykes Train rides. Kids needed entertainment (there was beer for adults).
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4. Poor Llama needed some air.
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5. I'm not sure who everyone is staring at!
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6. Llama's caretakers (I forgot the exact term..)
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8. No wonder they make soft wools
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All shots are with Df, 24-120 f4
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Now the actual race. There were four heats and final round between the winners of each heat.
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10. I admired the enthusiasm irrespective of age group
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12. Not all Llamas were keen on running.
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Looks like a fun event , and you captured it well
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wonderful colorful feature of a rural event. reminds me of afx's ox race ...
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That's a colourful overview of a rare event, I guess. Do people join in with their own Llama's? Are there many in the US?
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Anirban, do they really spit :D
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they are great - would make lovely studio subjects :)
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Thank you everyone for kind comments.
Anirban, do they really spit :D
I actually thought they would. But surprisingly none of them did. :D
That's a colourful overview of a rare event, I guess. Do people join in with their own Llama's? Are there many in the US?
There are certainly not so many llamas in mid-west, but in US there are. These ones were brought from elsewhere. They were not from the town.
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13. Beautiful day it was...
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14. 72F/22 deg C
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15. There was good street food :P
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16. There were a few photographers
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17. And, there was music.
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18. And, there were cults. :o 8)
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i prefer the ones without the animals being used for idle distractions, the images show great colours
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Looks like a fun event.
The brown and white pair in the pen are alpacas. They are good natured, make nice sweaters, and are delicious.
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I like llamas and their kin, very nice looking animals.
Here in Vermont they have become quite popular, along with alpacas, which are bred for their wool. Llamas, it seems, are very hostile toward coyotes, and for this reason sheep farmers find them very useful. I've seen a few places offering llama treks and the like too, as I guess they make good pack animals, aside from being cute and fuzzy.
I like the one in shot #11. It looks as if everyone is having a good time.
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i prefer the ones without the animals being used for idle distractions, the images show great colours
Thanks Fons.
..The brown and white pair in the pen are alpacas.
Thanks Anthony. I was just gonna write that. They are llama's cousin. :)
Matthew - thanks so much for the additional info. :) It was indeed fun event.
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I enjoy looking at various interaction between Liamas and human beings in Anirban-esque color. Most are both hilarious and heart-warming at the same time.
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Fascinating event so nicely captured with some very detailed and colourful images . love # 3 - it is quite the encounter.
It is also fascinating to learn of this event. Had no idea about until your post.
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Methinks Mongo will be able to establish a very good friendship with llamas, and that immediately. :D
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Methinks Mongo will be able to establish a very good friendship with llamas, and that immediately. :D
Mongo thinks Akira is correct and quite the matchmaker. The llama is better looking though, has better manners and no doubt, a much better IQ than Mongo. That is, a better IQ in the photographic sense and that other sense too.
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I enjoy looking at various interaction between Liamas and human beings in Anirban-esque color. Most are both hilarious and heart-warming at the same time.
Glad you enjoyed them, Akira. :)
Fascinating event so nicely captured with some very detailed and colourful images . love # 3 - it is quite the encounter.
It is also fascinating to learn of this event. Had no idea about until your post.
There's probably race of every kind of mammals in some part of the world or other. :)
#3 - I was wondering what if the llama did spit that moment. ;D They are rather infamous for their spit (although I didn't see any)..
Mongo thinks Akira is correct and quite the matchmaker. The llama is better looking though, has better manners and no doubt, a much better IQ than Mongo. That is, a better IQ in the photographic sense and that other sense too.
LOL.. ;D
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Mongo thinks Akira is correct and quite the matchmaker. The llama is better looking though, has better manners and no doubt, a much better IQ than Mongo. That is, a better IQ in the photographic sense and that other sense too.
:D