Home, Sweet Home!

A hard subject to figure out what category! Comments?

I say Portraits, especially with those pearly whites in that big smile. Quite a classic and impressive composition.

This cow is just up the hill from us and I saw him when we were coming home today. There were three cows, all very relaxed, so I stopped to get some pictures. This was the only one without a harness on, so he was it.

Bevo?

Looks like he is smiling for you, well captured.

Good is five and originality is six, because of the respect to the holly animal!

 

Kim, take a look at this if you want:

 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4877335

 

Thank you and cheers!

Great shot- could be in pets and animals, fine art, whatever. I like the background buildings- perfect for the scene.

Great shot ! very good control depth & perspective. Best regards.

Great bovine photo! You've taken something very ordinary and created something extra-ordinary. Well executed and with a perfect angle.

Two things really grab me, first, the balance of colour between the bovine's head and the outbuilding roof. Second, the angles, the horizontals of the buidings and fence, the vertical of the head and the oblique of the body and horns. Well done, Dave D

'whoaaah - look at me - I'm the proud owner of this piece of land and in the back you can see my castle..'

a real attention-grabber!

Eek! Tell me that there was a fence between you and this guy?? I really like the rusty buildings in the background and the way he's chewing in the foreground. It looks like he is studying you, and thinking while he chews. Hmmm.... (Still ... EEK!)

Definitely a fence - in fact, my first couple of shots included the fence, but when I saw he wasn't going to even get up, I got brave and moved closer.

Eek! (I'm still cringing!)

Sweet portrait, Kim. Love to know how you were able to position this fine fellow...getting the perfect pose in a nice location. Did you say "cheese" to get him to smile? Well done.

Just happened upon him already in that position, Keith. He was chewing grass, so that accounts for the "grin". I knelt down a bit to get the lens between the wires of the fence. Luckily, he didn't bother getting up to check me out!

What a beautiful photograph of a beautiful animal. Although I know he's chewing on some grass, it almost looks as if he's talking to you, and you caught him in mid-sentence.

Well Kim, it's like the cow specially poses for you. What a shot! Excellent model and great colours. The shape of the horns will be caracteristic for this race (never seen it here in Holland) but to me these horns and the talking mouth make this picture. Very brave that you dared to come so cose to him. But your courage is amply rewarded. Excellent!

 

Best Regards, Ada:)

Tried a shot of a long horn today in Iowa....but he would not let me get anything but his backsides....love this, a formal portrait indeed ! (I think there may be a few spots on his Tux however...)

I remember reading some time back about a photograph of a longhorn in a patch of bluebonnets. It was a great shot, but turns out cattle don't care for bluebonnets, and the photographer got the rancher to chase the longhorn into the patch of bluebonnets for the shot. It looks like yours came a little more naturally than that!

Great shot, Kim. I find whenever I try this they either run away (must be me) or come and investigate. The sheds on the points of the horns are interesting!

There were only three cows in this little patch and I think they must be fairly tame because two of them had harnesses on. Trust me, no one chased this one at all; he was so laid back, he just stayed put, staring at me. The other two cows were also lying down. I'm very respectful of the horns, believe me! If he had gotten up, I would have hoofed it back to the truck in a big hurry - I was prepared to do that. :)

I swear you have a real knack for these Bovine portraits Kimi ...... I'll bet there's more than one Rancher near you that'd love to have a photograph of 'ole Bessy' - not kidding.

Cowtographer? I love it!

 

I love this photo, also!

Hmmm...I see a specialty in my future - Cowtographer has a nice ring to it. I could wear cowboy boots instead of furry slippers even!

Hi Kim, this is great! Love the cow? (steer?)so close with a great back ground.