Pasture

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted October 24, 20065,618 views11 comments

This was taken this past Sunday. We had some snow in our higher regions over the weekend. This is the pasture just below the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT. These are some of the Scottish Higland Cattle that are pastured there. I've always loved these furry cattle! I liked the curve of the land here with the mountain behind and the bits of snow mixed in the grass and the warm colors of the cows.
Sigma SD9
24-70mm lens
tripod

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on October 24, 2006 at 3:01 PM

Very cool image Michelle, I have never seen this type of cattle before, they really give it a old world look. Great job,

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Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on October 24, 2006 at 3:20 PM

VERY VERY VERMONT!

Joe.

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on October 24, 2006 at 4:13 PM

Very nice Michelle

You tricked me - I assumed this WAS Scotland. These creatures are common here and they are very photogenic. They have a habit of lying in the middle of the single track roads, but I'm never tempted to ask them to move!

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Comment posted by LG Price on October 24, 2006 at 8:24 PM

Nice! I like the sense of tension in the stance of the front steer.

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Comment posted by Bret Edge on October 25, 2006 at 11:18 AM

This is wonderful, Michelle. It wouldn't have the same impact w/o the patches of snow. Vermont is near the top of my long "need to visit" list.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 25, 2006 at 1:28 PM

Wonderful scene Michelle. I love all cattle (on the hoof and on the plate), but the long hair of the this breed are indeed beautiful. A very picturesque scene - at first I thought this was from europe.

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Comment posted by Leann Greene on October 25, 2006 at 2:46 PM

Yep I also was tricked about the location. The way they are facing different directions makes for nice leading lines.You can't help but stare at each cow.

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Comment posted by Michelle C. Parent on October 29, 2006 at 10:45 AM

Thanks so much, everyone!

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on November 8, 2006 at 1:16 AM

Very nice picture Michelle. I like this pre-winter mood in this photo very much. Also the picture composition and the colors are excellent.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 1, 2007 at 12:30 PM

Beautiful idyllic scene, Michelle,

I love the rolling hills. If we could only make our subjects pose, I would have liked to have seen the guy on the far right facing towards the left; that would have really made the image.

Thanks for sharing.

Carol
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Comment posted by Carsten Ranke on July 16, 2007 at 1:41 PM

Very harmonic and well balanced shot, I like it for the same reasons like you. Natural colors, well chosen camera point.

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