Story Archive October 26, 2003 (Page 1 of 1)

The Compleat Iconoclast

Sunday, 26. October 2003

mld, October 26, 2003 at 2:42:00 AM CET

The German Jouster

My friend Christina, who lives in Croatia, of all places. had put in a special request for pics of horses, so I hied myself off to the joust to see what I could come up with. Poor kid lives in a country where they don't even have a renfaire, so it was the least I could do.

I stationed myself in one corner of the arena, as it happens the one where the German knight began his charges. In later weeks, I hope to get pics of the other three, those representing France, England, and Spain.

The German jouster

The German jouster chats with Chloe von Schmaltzenbaden

The German knight is the champion for, and encouraged by, Lady Chloe von Schmaltzbaden

The German jouster

How the hell those guys managed to see well enough in those barrel helms with tiny little slits, I'll never know

The German jouster

Yeah, I know, I cut off the top of his head, but do you know how hard it is to capture a running horse with a digital cam on a cloudy day?

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