I went out for a drive to Kikuma town, an hour's drive from my house, where a distinctive autumn festival had been held in connection with the local shrine. The whole concepts of the autumnal festivals nationwide are alike, but this shrine is known for its historic event, the horse running controlled by kids, dedicated to the deity. As I wrote before, I got a single-lens reflex camera in the summer. In the months since, I came to want to shoot pictures of fast-moving materials like running horses with my camera. I tried to take pictures with various settings for swiftly moving horses, and found that the shooting was fun and difficult at the same time.
The weather was cloudy and it sometimes rained. I saw lots of professional and high-level amateur photographers across the running way. Their lenses were almost telephoto and looked expensive. My shooting gear was not so good as theirs, but I was able to get nice pictures!
かなりおおざっぱな抄訳： もう一つのお祭り
我が家から一時間ほどの場所、菊間町のお祭りを見に行った。お祭りの概念はどこの祭りも同じだが、ここは子供たちが乗る馬の疾走が有名で、使い始めたばかりの一眼レフを使いたくてやって来た。いろいろな設定で撮ってみたが難しい。小雨が降っており、高価なレンズを構えたプロやアマチュアカメラマンの集団が向こうに見えたが皆レンズには雨対策をしていた。僕は傘の中から撮影。子供たちはこの日のために練習を重ねてきただろうに、快晴の中で走らせてやりたかった。
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