Okay, not really. But since I was just in Nebraska and those animals featured in my visit, I couldn’t resist.
Mom and I met at her cousin Delores’s place, where she lives with the titular animals as well as a donkey, some chickens, and her delightful husband, Mark. (Mark gets to sleep inside at night.) We had a wonderful time eating, talking, hanging out – pajamas all day! – and playing a new-to-me card game called “Oh, hell.” (Though I quickly took it from hell straight on to my favorite, more colorful, curse words.)
I also got to play with the new camera, and I am smitten. Smitten! What I’m not smitten with, however, is how heavy it is, so I’ll need to either a) develop Popeye-like biceps, or b) start using a monopod in most situations. I’m leaning toward the second option.
Because of unintentional blur, I can’t share any good photos of the perfectly photogenic chickens and donkey, but I did get these:
The horses seemed very interested in the camera and weren’t bothered by me hanging around in their corral one bit.
Beautiful creatures.
The donkey is in the back right. Mark told me he tethers the donkey to new horses to gentle them, which struck me as terribly sweet.
Speaking of sweet, meet Buddy. Buddy and I were friends from the minute I drove up.
I wasn’t kidding about the miniature cow. This is a Zebu, a Brahman breed from India. (Horse for scale.)
But back to the horses, which I couldn’t stop photographing.
I was fascinated by their muscle structure. Talk about photogenic!
Beautiful.
But this. This is my favorite image from the whole shoot. Such personality!
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My favorite pictures is the second one, in which the horse is giving you side-eye. LOL!
Counted – Ha! Yes, he wasn’t totally sure about me. 🙂
I think I am smitten too! Such lovely color and texture in these photos. I love them! I had a very heavy Pentax a few years ago. It got tiresome but then I was only interested in carrying it around in my purse for everyday moments of photography. I believe it is a completely different thing from the projects you have going on which very much justify the great big camera. The results are spectacular.
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Manisha – I’m so glad you can see the difference! I have a small Sony RX100 that I keep in the car, because the Pentax is now officially named The Beast, ha. But wow, the quality of the photos is so worth it. If I didn’t shoot so much landscape I would have gone with a smaller bodied full-frame camera, but the Pentax is the one for me.
There is definitely a question mark in those ears on that last shot and that mini cow is well – interesting! 🙂 You definitely have been getting around girlie! Glad you had a great time and I love the animal pics!
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Sherry – I have been getting around, whew. Heading out next week for an Instagram takeover for Travel New Mexico, which will be fun. I’m glad you like the photos! And thanks so much for the sweet note and adorable Christmas ornament. I loved them both. 🙂
What beautiful animals, and the photos are exquisite! You capture the essence of horse.
Martha – Thank you! I loved photographing them, and they were kind enough to let me. 🙂
again – thanks. ron
Ron – Thanks so much for chiming in. My pleasure.