Sneak Attack

David...  Just when I thought Hans was acting solo, I notice it's a trap... there are two of them! :-)...  Excellent presentation that does illustrate the inherent stealth programmed in these hunting dogs... Have a great weekend.. Mike

David,

  Wonderful image with great processing. Take care, Patsy

As always you caught in right moment to show more than a simple shot,best regards.

Thanks Mike, Patsy, and Radu - apprecailte your visits!

Mike, these dogs have a very strong prey drive - they remind me of wolves sometimes.  Here they've spotted a distant duck on the water, and gone into"stealth mode".

Excellent stealthy shot! I love to see your dogs in action, David. Your photographs bring them to life for me. Thanks.

Excellent photo! All the best, Valentyn

Thanks Janice & Valentyn - glad you like this one.

Best, David

A very dynamic photo, telling a little story. Great one, David!

Ever alert to whatever is around the corner.  Nicely handled, David.

I'll tell you what I like about this one...and it's something that I've learned from my own dogs over the years...it's more than just a good photograph to me.

You say that they've keyed on to a duck, and you can probably see the duck, yourself, can't you? When walking through the woods with my dogs, they would come to a dead stop. I would know that they've heard or seen something that I can't see or hear...but if I stayed quiet and still long enough, I'd see it. It might be nothing more than a bird, or maybe a possum or a squirrel. It wasn't really important what it was...just that they were aware of it and I wasn't is what always made it so fascinating for me.

So with this photograph, you've captured that keen awareness that dogs have of their surroundings...that curiousity about their world. It's a world we can only imagine. In addition to capturing beautiful dogs in action, you've captured some of the feeling of what it's like to be a dog.

I'm not sure I've expressed myself very well, but maybe you get the idea?