Watched this young Holstein bull tossing dirt at flies awhile and decided to get in closer. Could have been using the 70-300mm (shot at 29mm), but oh well, I grew up a Hick and have alot of experience with cattle and bulls. Not TOO scared. :)
Got, at the closest, within 3 feet of this one. It is obvious he could have stepped over or through the fence if he wanted, he only pawed the ground and snorted at me, though.
Got lucky and got off two shots of this pose, when he turned.
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This could be an awesome picture. But, I don't lke the sun spot. It draws your attention away from the main subject and also causes you to cringe. I almost tried to block out the sun.
The clouds are too blown out and the cow is a bit dark - I think you picked to large a contrast across the picture to pull it off. The fence wire is also a distraction.
Beautiful colors and landscape. I really like this shot. Too bad in this challenge that you couldn't edit out the fence and the light flare on the bull's foreleg. Sadly, if people catch it, this is a bull and no milk from him so they might count down for that, knowing how DPC'ers like challenge exactness. Scores a 10 for me, though.
Now if you're going to shoot a cow, this is teh way to do it. The light and clarity of the scene is stunning. I am wondering what a fill flash on the cow would have done to its white bits
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