Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: William Walker on September 22, 2019, 03:39:54 am
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Something about each one of them....
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Great shot of a formidable ensemble.
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A very fine shot. From what appears to be fog in the background, to the intense scrutiny of the photographer (by the cows).
P.S. What’s up with that single horn? Lost in battle or less careful background bleaching? ;)
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A very fine shot. From what appears to be fog in the background, to the intense scrutiny of the photographer (by the cows).
P.S. What’s up with that single horn? Lost in battle or less careful background bleaching? ;)
Thanks Slobodan! Very heavy mist - no background (or other) tricks! The single horn is part of the magic!!
We left early in the morning with the intention of doing some landscape over our friendly farmer's new dam... but it turned into our mutual "friend" Michael Kenna's type of weather!
I see from the various boards that you are still in fine fettle!! :)
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Another splendid shot, William. Love it!
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Indeed a bunch of personalities..! congrats
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Another splendid shot, William. Love it!
+1.
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Another splendid shot, William. Love it!
And taken, perhaps, at considerable personal risk: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/20/coroner-urges-public-awareness-after-cattle-kill-elderly-woman
Jeremy
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I agree with all of the praise!
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And taken, perhaps, at considerable personal risk: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/20/coroner-urges-public-awareness-after-cattle-kill-elderly-woman
Jeremy
Killjoy. ;)
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It's common sense. No pun etc.
Cows know what we hope to be doing with them later on. How many of them have to vanish into a trailer before the longer-term residents realise nobody's coming back - that it's a one-way trip for them?
I'd be pretty pissed off too with the two-legged community, not that I'm not already to some degree. And I'm not yet a cow!
;-)
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And taken, perhaps, at considerable personal risk: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/20/coroner-urges-public-awareness-after-cattle-kill-elderly-woman
Jeremy
Thanks Jeremy!I was behind a fence!
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Hey, in the U.K., even cows are mad ;)
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And taken, perhaps, at considerable personal risk: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/20/coroner-urges-public-awareness-after-cattle-kill-elderly-woman
Jeremy
Usually cows are especially dangerous when with calves and more so if you're with a dog-
The dog could be the first victim
One should expect a warning notice by the farmer, as they do with electrified fences
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And taken, perhaps, at considerable personal risk: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/20/coroner-urges-public-awareness-after-cattle-kill-elderly-woman
Jeremy
William IS NOT an elderly woman, Jeremy.
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William IS NOT an elderly woman, Jeremy.
Neither his name nor his photograph suggests that he is, I concede. I rather doubt he's any less vulnerable to trampling by cows than if he were, though.
Jeremy
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Two anecdotes about cows from my experience:
1) When I was a kid and visiting my grandfather's farm, cows were coming home in the evening. Several of us were there, and among us a guest, woman, and city-dweller. We were completely accustomed to the event and unfazed by the approaching cows. She, however, was so scared of the cows that were still about 50 yards away and moving slowly (as cows proverbially do when coming home) that she tried to hide behind a wooden fence. To do so, she pulled apart two parts of the fence, joined by a rusty nail, to squeeze in-between and get behind the fence. Got punctured in the tummy by the nail in the process.
2) Me visiting Dorset from London. Checked into a hotel late in the afternoon and was heading toward a nearby hill to get a view of the ocean from above. The receptionist asked me to fill in a form before I leave. I said "later," she insisted. That took some time. Not too much, but those few minutes extra proved crucial in the end. There was still daylight as I was climbing up the steep hill, so I noticed a bunch of cows in the distance. By the time I reached the hilltop, the sun was already down. I noticed a lovely small island across, which by then formed a silhouette against a backdrop of deep purple sky and deep blue water. A perfect square composition I envisaged for my Hasselblad (film).
Then it occurred to me: by the time I set up the tripod, measure the light, set up the lens and camera, take a few shots, it would get pitch dark by then. I did not have a lamp with me. I glanced to my left and noticed that cows, previously away from the path, are now slowly crossing it to get down. The prospect of returning down a steep, narrow, downhill path and potentially bumping into the cows in total darkness did not appeal to me at all. So, I just turned around and started going back while there was still some light in the sky. Defeated by cows. And darkness. Cursing.
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Neither his name nor his photograph suggests that he is, I concede. I rather doubt he's any less vulnerable to trampling by cows than if he were, though.
Jeremy
But I'll bet William can run like the wind.
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Two anecdotes about cows from my experience:
1) When I was a kid and visiting my grandfather's farm, cows were coming home in the evening. Several of us were there, and among us a guest, woman, and city-dweller. We were completely accustomed to the event and unfazed by the approaching cows. She, however, was so scared of the cows that were still about 50 yards away and moving slowly (as cows proverbially do when coming home) that she tried to hide behind a wooden fence. To do so, she pulled apart two parts of the fence, joined by a rusty nail, to squeeze in-between and get behind the fence. Got punctured in the tummy by the nail in the process.
2) Me visiting Dorset from London. Checked into a hotel late in the afternoon and was heading toward a nearby hill to get a view of the ocean from above. The receptionist asked me to fill in a form before I leave. I said "later," she insisted. That took some time. Not too much, but those few minutes extra proved crucial in the end. There was still daylight as I was climbing up the steep hill, so I noticed a bunch of cows in the distance. By the time I reached the hilltop, the sun was already down. I noticed a lovely small island across, which by then formed a silhouette against a backdrop of deep purple sky and deep blue water. A perfect square composition I envisaged for my Hasselblad (film).
Then it occurred to me: by the time I set up the tripod, measure the light, set up the lens and camera, take a few shots, it would get pitch dark by then. I did not have a lamp with me. I glanced to my left and noticed that cows, previously away from the path, are now slowly crossing it to get down. The prospect of returning down a steep, narrow, downhill path and potentially bumping into the cows in total darkness did not appeal to me at all. So, I just turned around and started going back while there was still some light in the sky. Defeated by cows. And darkness. Cursing.
You did the right thing.
Apart from cows, when you are basically a city person, you are usually unaware of just how black a moonless night really is. Ann and I found out one night up in the wilds of Perthshire, Scotland, when it came into our heads to go for a walk one night after dinner. We left my uncle's house and walked down his path to the road and promptly turned right back: we could not see one another, never mind where our feet or the road might be.
It's never like that in the city; so much light reflectd off clouds, moisture and city dust.
Imagine trench warfare in those conditions.
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Right, Rob, but if it's clear and there are stars up there it's not that dark.
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Love the photo! I have some similar ones.
I come across a lot of cows when out making photos or recreating and in general they are pretty docile. I love it when the young cows/steers are curious and come to see what I am doing. Only the bulls have ever given me any trouble and they are not typically the ones grazing on public land here in Colorado.
I suspect some kind of illness in the attack cows if it wasn't a bull protecting the herd.
Or maybe there are some ornery breed we don't get here.
I'm not a cowboy but I live among them.
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Right, Rob, but if it's clear and there are stars up there it's not that dark.
How true
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I suspect some kind of illness in the attack cows if it wasn't a bull protecting the herd.
Or maybe there are some ornery breed we don't get here.
I'm not a cowboy but I live among them.
If there are mothers with calves they'll protect them
Be careful
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Good shot! Which one's named hamburger? Steak?
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Right, Rob, but if it's clear and there are stars up there it's not that dark.
The star were in our eyes.
:-)
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Of course, but if you bump into something and get a black eye it makes that kind of thing difficult.
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Of course, but if you bump into something and get a black eye it makes that kind of thing difficult.
And totally secondary to the stubbed toe or bruised shin.
;-)