Royal New Zealand Show
Today is the start of four days of celebrations “When Country Comes to Town”. Formerly known as the Canterbury A&P (agricultural and pastoral) Show, it has been held every year since 1862. I’m sorry to be missing it this year, it is a lot of fun for photographers too! I deliberately missed an opportunity for a great photograph of this pair. Father and daughter were crouched down beside a pen containing freshly shorn sheep. I could have put three heads with almost identical hairstyles (or woolstyles) into the same frame. Problem was, there was a good chance of getting thumped if the largest of the three took offence! I whimped out and settled for this rear view. The wood chopping and sawing events are a great crowd pleaser, especially when the field includes a few world champions. Age appears to be no limit to competition: skill and experience can often…