21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Eagle Hunters on Horseback Set to Inaugurate the Eagle Hunter Festival With a Majestic Gallop
Capturing the essence of Mongolia - My fourth journey photographing Eagle Hunters. I anticipated the ritual that the eagle hunters ride their horses, galloping in a unified circle to commence the festival. The scene unfolded with vividness: thundering hooves, fluttering flags, and the fierce determination of the hunters. It was a spectacle so cinematic, it seems lifted straight from a film.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 10.2022 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2023 |
Photo Location: | Banyan Oligii, Mongolia |
Camera: | LEICA SL2 |
Copyright: | © Diana Ishii |