They sure are curious. Hope mud/poo = dirt for the voters.
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The trifecta is attained~ Thanks for all of the comments and your votes. I actually laughed out loud after I posted this last week and I think my wife thought I had gone crazy.
The posing is not hard, just have a squeaky toy and hopefully about 10 of their relatives to stand behind the camera and make wierd animal noises and hand gestures. Trip the shutter when they are all looking (hopefully at the camera). ;)
Really this was just a matter of getting on hands and knees outside their fence, thrusting the camera repeatedly through the fence and firing the shutter until satisfied. They are very curious animals and they jump back at sudden moves but then moooove right back in to take a closer look. The gal on the left was troublesome as she kept getting within about 6" of my lens. This shot was the most amusing of the bunch and the dirt was more prominent here than some of the others. The Tokina has nice DOF, but i was balanced rather precariously so sharpness suffered a little. The title was a toungue in cheek reference to Californias's "Happy Cows" commercials.
Here is the first shot i faved here at DPC. It was a shot by Arnit and it has caused me to look at cows differently ever since. I hope you will too! Arnit's My image may have also been influenced by this fine equine portrait. Shannon's
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Killer pic. I smile every time I see it.
I sometimes get this low angle by using a monopod and self timer or remote, and just put the camera on top of my boot or shoe, then turn the image 180 later. I have a bit of back problem when I get this low and try to see thru the viewfinder.
Congrats on the ribbon!
Yeah, Arnit's pic is great, but yours is great for a totally different challenge and for a totally different reason...a completely different challenge...yours made me laugh at first, now I can't quit smiling. well, laughing really.
this is just the best shot ... and reading your notes after the challenge, i realise just how difficult it was to get!!! .. congrats on your red ribbon ... it is totally well deserved ... those cattle are something else!!
Back to comment. What a hilarious shot. I recently had a similar experience with a bunch of gangster cows! I never knew cows were so bad-a$$. Cool perspective - were you rolling in the mud? : ) Nicely done.
How can you not grin at this. Low and very wide angle and curious cows is a good combo. Sort of reminds me of my bar-room band days long ago. Esp the drunk looking one on the left making the song request. "Hey, can you play Wipeout?"
This reminds me of Judy's pictures, beautiful cows, great angle. Is this Judy? Good entry for dirt, good title. The cows have a sort of halo around them (angelic cows?) :) ~7
Already voted and came back to comment. This is the most delightful image of cows I've ever seen. How on earth did you manage to get them to pose for you? And did you get out of the trench in time?? :D Great capture. Unforgettable. Would be overjoyed to see this get the blue ribbon...
Love the attention of all of em. This is a great shot. Really rootin for you on the blue on this one. Thinkin you placed like a platter of hamburgers in front of them and they are getting ready to throw down. Love it!! Well done. 10!!!
They are sooooo cute! I just love cows. Great expressions on their faces. I wonder what you did to make them all look right at you?? :) Excellent crop. 10 from me.
Love this picture!!! We have cows in the field beside our house. We also have a couple of dogs.... One loves to tease the cows. We have seen him in this very position lots of times. Now we know what he sees! Great perspective and capture.
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