The Roman arena in Arles, in the Provence, France was completely restored in 1825 and bull games were then ready to part of the scenario. Bull fighting is a major spectators sport in Arles, France and the first bull fighting event took place in this arena in 1853 and there was not an empty seat in the house.Arles, France has a school for young students who want to learn the basic techniques of bull fighting and about thirty students attend each year. If youngsters want to learn the basics of the Camargue bull games, Arles also has a school for them.Arles, France has three major bull fighting events each year that attracts approximately 500,000 visitors to France and the arenas are completely full for each event. If you are planning a vacation to Arles and bull fighting is something that you would like to experience then I would suggest you book tickets for these events long before it is time to actually leave for your vacation. ... continue below the picture...
... Les Arenes, Bull Fighting arena, Arles, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe.
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, aperture of f/8.0, exposure time of 1/200 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 16mm.