Saturday 12 January 2019

Dismounted horse woman with an industrial bow


This must have been a nice photoshoot, but nobody has taught her proper archery. Shame.

Mistakes:

1. Please don't hold your bowhand's index finger on the arrow, it will hurt, and it is unnecessary. The arrow keeps there when you don't squeeze the nock of the arrow between your arrowhand's fingers. I mean that when you draw your bowstring in the Mediterranean style and the arrow nock is between your index and middle fingers, use those fingers to mainly pull the string and only squeeze the arrow enough so that it keeps nocked on the string. Some beginners without proper coaching start to pull the arrow and not the string, and then their arrowtip wanders around and doesn't point at the target.

2. Proper alignment for the arms would be on the same level and stringarm's elbow pointing backwards, and not sideways like here. She pulls the string with her arms' strength, when you should really deploy your back muscles (which are bigger), and that results in the elbow pointing back.

3. I think this is supposed to be a fantasy photoshoot, since there's a horse, a bow, and the woman is wearing fantasy leather corset and fantasy leather bracers. Well, what strikes to my eye is the bow, since it's obviously a modern bow with arrow shelf and ergonomic handle. Historical bows didn't have those, and well thought fantasy settings should use historical bows. It doesn't matter which culture they base their research on, as long as it is pre-industrial. This is an industrial bow which nobody ever used in war or hunting, only shooting targets on tracks for sport. It is also way too long to be effective as a horse bow. Maybe that's why she has dismounted to shoot?

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