I watched a recent interview of Terry Grant, Mantracker, the other day.
After that I realised that about half of each episode was re-shot??
I already knew that they re-did shots of moments that hadn't been clear or they didn't have good footage of.
Logical in one sense, it's a tv show after all and has to look juicy.

But realising that every frontal and side view has been shot after the actual chase changes how I perceive it all.
As Terry says, they don't change anything, but by re-doing it things automatically change.
One big difference would be that the prey aren't scared anymore. They've already spent time with Terry during dinner, they know they've either lost or won etc.

Watching a few episodes again, paying attention, I could tell that half -at least- isn't original footage.
Once the ending we were shown was even not what had actually happened?? The outcome remained the same but it had happened totally differently?
The reason was that Terry was setting his one remaining prey up to only go in one direction. He'd orchestrated this with his guide Phil.
Or he thought he did as it turned out that his cameraman had shut off his microphone so Phil didn't know. The whole thing went sour, the prey won. Yet what we were shown is that Phil is chasing after him, trying to rope him but misses.
While in actual fact Phil wasn't even there?!
This being at the end of the chase, they would've had to improvise and come up with something but still, knowing that now I feel I'm being conned, hihi.

Another good example of a mix of original and filmed again later...
The capture of the Blinkhorn brothers.
The best ever capture as far as I'm concerned. But much of what is shown is stable close-up footage, which isn't the original.
In between you see short flashes of the original footage of the capture, but this is from quite far away and wobbly (handheld cam).

So even though they try to keep it the same as how it actually happened, much of it I now feel is fake. Seeing him give his death stare to a prey was exciting. Now I know, since it's a stable frontal view, that it was shot later on.

It's the same with the frontal and most side footage of the prey.

Kinda disappointing although I do understand the reason why. But having at least half of each episode re-done later... Disappointing.

A bit like having watched "the making of Jurassic World". Watching the movie after that is never the same again, hihi.

To add to what I posted above ^^^...
There's nothing wrong with talking on the phone. It is actually recommended, not right away, but after a few chats, why not? Provided these chats had substance, weren't a few lines of course.

Reason being that it's important to find out if you A) like his voice and B) if he / the 2 of you can keep a good 'live' conversation going.

I once was totally put off by a guy's voice while chatting had been great! But his voice was god awful. Highpitched, unbearable. I knew right away that it was never going to work out. I can't listen to a screechy voice on a daily basis.
Saves you time to find out reasonably early!

Another time on the phone with another man my spine melted in a puddle on the floor as his voice was so wonderful.
He was equally mesmerised by my voice, hihi.
We got into a relationship.

Get a prepaid SIM card with a different phone number that you can use for these conversations.
I've done that.
That way you never have to give out your regular phone number.

That's not so bad. Men often just do whatever, don't think that for a woman such things might be different.
It could be him showing genuine interest in you and then you blow him off.
A few days of chatting is quite something, depending on the quality of the chat of course.
If you could deal with it in a bit of a playful way, a feminine way, things might actually work out.
For instance something like, "I'd like to hear your voice too, but it's a bit too fast for me. Is it okay we keep talking here for a while longer? I'll let you know when I'm ready."

Or something like that. With such a message you let a guy know that you are interested as well but that he's moving just a bit to fast for you to feel safe.
And it conveys your boundaries.

Women often are so quick to go cold when a man shows interest. Men can be insecure just the same in matters of love!

A quality guy will respect your boundaries and wishes, might even become more interested in you when you express them. Certainly when you do it in a playful way. Still firm, but playful, so it's not like throwing a door shut in his face.
A w@nker will likely start nagging or be gone. Use your discernment and intuition.
But remember general rule of thumb: Men can want & suggest, woman decides and sets her boundaries.

Yup, year of the Fire Horse :)
I'm a Fire Horse myself.

YESSS! I just treated myself to a larger filbert brush! I've wanted one for several years but these things are so darned expensive.
And now I found a shop that sells the size I wanted $20 cheaper than my regular art shop. I could not resist!

Normally they sent out orders on a Tuesday, which makes sense if it concerns frames they have to make or large orders. But one brush??
So I phoned them :p
They had 1 brush left in stock of that size and they will ship it today!
YEEHAAA!
Good thing I called them :)
With a bit of luck it gets here on the morrow!

(The "what are you feeling" topic doesn't work, again, so sticking it here :p )

YESSS! I just treated myself to a larger filbert brush! I've wanted one for several years but these things are so darned expensive.
And now I found a shop that sells the size I wanted $20 cheaper than my regular art shop. I could not resist!

Normally they sent out orders on a Tuesday, which makes sense if it concerns frames they have to make or large orders. But one brush??
So I phoned them :p
They had 1 brush left in stock of that size and they will ship it today!
YEEHAAA!
Good thing I called them :)
With a bit of luck it gets here on the morrow!

YESSS! I just treated myself to a larger filbert brush! I've wanted one for several years but these things are so darned expensive.
And now I found a shop that sells the size I wanted $20 cheaper than my regular art shop. I could not resist!

Normally they sent out orders on a Tuesday, which makes sense if it concerns frames they have to make or large orders. But one brush??
So I phoned them :p
They had 1 brush left in stock of that size and they will ship it today!
YEEHAAA!
Good thing I called them :)
With a bit of luck it gets here on the morrow!

I didn't think it would have to do with my computer either. i also don't know what causes it.
Not 100% certain but I believe it changed to this around the same time the forums drastically changed. You know, with the mods and stuff.
I think it's to do with the board itself, something in the script not working right or not for every system.

Still glad to hear you've got it as well!

Hahaha, I agree!
But in that sense one can wonder why the hell anyone stayed anywhere outside of Europe in those days. I mean, usually there were all kinds of unpleasant animals, whether bears, alligators, crocs, snakes, spiders, scorpions and whatnot.
And they were all chit scared of the indigenous people even though in many places these people welcomed them and even helped them survive.

So why stay?
I think I'd have run back to the ship I disembarked from, screaming bloody murder and "Mummy!!! I wanna go home!!"
Something must've been seriously wrong with those colonists, or their sense of adventure was of the scales compared to mine, hihi.

Great solution! I didn't even know there were mini chain-saws. (because over here I have no need for one)
But definitely a good option!
I still prefer the man though and have him sort it out, hahaha.
An attractive fit masculine man who knows how to treat a girl right, and a sex-drive that can vie with mine

Thank you so much, Merry!
Happy to see you're still following :D

I suppose we will have to agree to disagree.
His post doesn't belong in my thread as it doesn't tie in with my OP question. So first off he should've started his own topic for this.
And he is asking TexasGal personally (????) about her sex life/sex drive, if she still has a wild person inside. That is rude, way out of line.

How else could he find out? Eeehh... read a book maybe? Or use the internet to find the info. That's how I find out anything & everything I want to know.
And if you do think it's okay to ask that online you can at least ask in a respectful way and keep it general, not single someone out.

Also... he's not that young. He's 35...

So yeah, we have different views on this.

As good as there now :)

Dust cloud is lighter. I'm happy with it, except for the part next to/underneath the horse so I'll try to fix that.

Bridle is a bit wider & lighter and has buckles.

Some twigs and sticks here and there in the foreground.

Added a tail and manes to better show the speed with which he's coming down.

All that's left are some details, like the horn on the saddle, shadow on his face from the brim of the hat, fix the horse's nose etc.
And I think I will make that dark bit of his beard, under his mouth, just a tiny little bit lighter.

Until I found that show a few months back I didn't even know there were cowboys in Canada, hihi.
To me the concept is rather alien as we don't have cowboys over here.
But you're never to old to learn :)
I also recently found out that when the European colonists got to the Americas there weren't any horses there. They went extinct after the ice age.
The Spanish re-introduced them.
I didn't believe that as I always thought that horses were already there and hence the Nat. Am. Indians were such awesome riders.
So I Googled it. Turns out it is correct. I still find it difficult to believe, haha.
I will have to change my entire image of 'the wild west' and its history.

Feeling good :) Just finished painting.
Now it's deciding on what I want to eat for dinner.
All I know is that I don't want to cook, haha.

I went over your post again, but still feel the same way.
It's a ridiculous question to ask a stranger on a public website. It's way out of line.
How would you feel if we ask you if your dick still gets as hard as when you were 16 or if you're getting E.D.?

You do not ask such questions online and certainly not to a stranger.

If you'd come across a woman in the street or a shop would you then ask that woman the same question?
I can guarantee you'd get scolded or slapped in the face or both. And rightfully so.

Apart from that, no one judged you. People said "WTF??"
That's an exclamation, indicating shock/surprise/disbelieve.

Fact it needs to be explained to you is ridiculous in itself. You're an adult, or at least posing as one. Then behave like an adult!!

I have had the experience that it can 'stockpile' hahaha.

As for the rest, there's no one size fits all. It's a very individual thing.
And could also be that you're quite high in testosterone with all the work you do in and around the house as that's kind of like resistance training. And resistance training ups testosterone, which is also related to sexdrive.

For me, I noticed it go up a bit when I'd started HRT. I hadn't really noticed it had gotten less as for me it always tends to be somewhat lower when I'm single. It usually wakes up at full force when I have a partner so for me it's strongly related to my feelings for a man.

It looks odd to me as well as here in Europe you only see English saddles AND normal reins, stirrups and bridle.
But I watched 6 seasons with approx 12 episodes per season of him riding his horse with this saddle and bridle.
Then I looked it up, as I was like WTH???, and turns out traditional Western bridles are like this :)
And believe me, if you'd watch the show (reality)... the man is by far the best rider I've ever seen! A professional cowboy from Alberta.
I think he was born on a horse, haha.


As for the rest, I think I'll indeed add tail & movement to the manes to show motion.
Thanks!

Thank you, Zee!
As for the horn and bridle... not finished yet :)
And typically a traditional Western bridle does not have a nose or chin band :)

Also for you the question... should I add a tail and waving manes to give it more sense of motion or not?
Or in other words... as it is, does it seem as if the horse is standing still?

Thank you for your feedback! :)
And yup, I have yet to do the horn.

The bridle... traditional Western / cowboy bridles typically do not have nosebands. I Googled that especially to be sure as over here, with English saddles, the bridles do have nosebands, so the absence struck me as odd. But it is correct.
Also according to the example photo I'm using.

In Western riding the horses are trained to be ridden with neck reining.
No noseband is also more comfortable for the horse.

As for the rest... the bridle isn't finished yet. I'll make it a wee bit wider and it still needs small buckles here and there.
I have another clearer photo for that so I put them in the correct place, hihi.

I am in two minds about adding a tail and maybe showing some manes to give it more sense of motion. It shouldn't look as if the horse is standing still :/
But not sure yet.
Feel free to give me your opinion on that. Do it or not?