Early morning silence, finally some cool air,
we leave our palazzo and set out for the Campo (city piazza). The first morning
practicing run of the Palio. I was convinced that at five am, the piazza will
be a lonely field… well I did not account the Sienese absolute passion for the
biggest event of their year.
As the first round of horses and jockeys exited
the city hall, I forgot I was total sleep deprived, I forgot my bed and I heard
hooves. Hooves galloping their soothing sound as just horse hooves can make
this lovely morning music. I would get up for this moment at really any time in
the night.
This was my morning romance, horses, dust, my lens and me.
Luckily the piazza inside was quite empty and I
could try all the corners and check out the angles. I realized once more, I am
sooo not a sport photographer… just imagine: uhm, could you please go ten steps back and gallop towards me again,
yes, right there, hold it… they will stab me for sure. Haha. So I took what
I got and ran with it.
~ Enjoy!
* About the prova(try run) from today. This was the first race to choose the horses. There were about sixty horses tested and a lot of important looking people had their notepads out and scribbled their whatsoever’s.
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