The Field

rwells

Took my (wife's) coondog out for a run in the field this evening. Here's the field

Eia

wow... what a sky! what color! I think you should have said 'here's the sky'!

rwells

Eia wrote:

wow... what a sky! what color! I think you should have said 'here's the sky'!

Yeah, maybe...but you can't see one without the other


Thanks for the comment Eia

Sexy6Chick

Love the field shot and that's a great looking coondog!

rwells

Sexy6Chick wrote:

Love the field shot and that's a great looking coondog!

Thanks,

And I'm surprised that you can't HEAR him from where your at

black mamba

Randy,

I agree, that sky is stunning. I'll be honest, though, that field doesn't look like any area I want to be charging around in. If it were in Florida, there would be more rattlesnakes than you could count.

Great job on exposure control with this one.

Ride safe,

Tom

adbsgicom

Gorgeous, Randy!!!

Jazmyn76

What a beautiful shot! And you can almost feel the excitement in Gus as he's about to fly through that beauty too! Love it!

DaddyO

Very nice picture Randy.

rwells

black mamba wrote:

Randy,

I agree, that sky is stunning. I'll be honest, though, that field doesn't look like any area I want to be charging around in. If it were in Florida, there would be more rattlesnakes than you could count.

Great job on exposure control with this one.

Ride safe,

Tom

Hey Tom,

I'll tell you my technique; I had Gus on leash to the little open spot where I was standing, and again going back. He's been "rattlesnake conditioned" when he was younger, and with his exceptional nose, I feel pretty confident that he won't be stepping on any snakes. I just have to stay close

Thanks for the comments

rwells

adbsgicom wrote:

Gorgeous, Randy!!!

Thanks Andrew,

The light was changing by the second, and this one turned out pretty nice, but IMHO, I posted a nicer field shot in "Landscapes" last night also. (I posted as I processed them)

I appreciate your interest and comments

adbsgicom

I like the sky in the Landscape one, but like the reflection in the pond and the lighter foreground here. Of course, both are really wonderful on their own.

rwells

Jazmyn76 wrote:

What a beautiful shot! And you can almost feel the excitement in Gus as he's about to fly through that beauty too! Love it!

Hey Jazmyn,

That made me laugh...

I CAN FEEL his excitement, IN MY EARS!!!

After 6 years, he is just now getting to where he can ride in a vehicle without constantly bawling, blowing my ears out, literally

A coondog can be heard up to 1 mile in the deep woods! Imagine that only inches away from your ear in a car


Thanks for giving me a laugh this morning

rwells

DaddyO wrote:

Very nice picture Randy.

Hey Michael,

Thanks for stopping by and looking...

rwells

adbsgicom wrote:

I like the sky in the Landscape one, but like the reflection in the pond and the lighter foreground here. Of course, both are really wonderful on their own.

I appreciate hearing your input & the kind comments also

Dogdots

Nothing is better then mans best friend heading to a place it loves -- wide open places to sniff and search

I saw your different version in Landscapes -- WOW -- bet you could hear the frogs croakin' out there.

Wonderful photos Randy

rwells

Dogdots wrote:

Nothing is better then mans best friend heading to a place it loves -- wide open places to sniff and search

I saw your different version in Landscapes -- WOW -- bet you could hear the frogs croakin' out there.

Wonderful photos Randy

Hey Mary,

That's funny, there was nothing but the sound of mosquitoes, then, like someone turned on a switch, the bull-frogs started, all at once.

Gus was on "high alert"

eL eSs Vee

Great shots, Randy! Beautiful sunset!

As Dave Barry once wrote (I'm paraphrasing, since it's been years since I read it):

"Dogs have three purposes in life:
Pee on everything,
Kill the Avon lady,
Alert you that you've passed another dog by barking loudly in your ear for the next 114 miles."

That's why I'm a cat person.

redleash

Yes, but dogs can bark to warn you when your cats are in danger . . . . . (ref our tragedy with the pit bulls a few months ago).

Now, to comment on the photos: Randy, I love the colors in the sky--simply magnificent! If you could use your processing magic wand on the shot of Gus, I see the same color scheme in him as i do in the sky--just needs a touch more blue in his black ears!

Have you thought of wearing ear plugs when you go out? And may we borrow Gus to help rid my mom's place of the coons that keep knocking over the plants on the deck? My amazing mom has trapped about 5 of them in the last few months! She lets them go several miles away but then more show up.

Cheers,
Lauren

rwells

eL eSs Vee wrote:

Great shots, Randy! Beautiful sunset!

As Dave Barry once wrote (I'm paraphrasing, since it's been years since I read it):

"Dogs have three purposes in life:
Pee on everything,
Kill the Avon lady,
Alert you that you've passed another dog by barking loudly in your ear for the next 114 miles."

That's why I'm a cat person.

Lee,

I think you and Gus would get along fine. Apparently he's a cat lover too!!! Albeit, probably in a different way (something about that whole "fur bearing animal" thing)

rwells

redleash wrote:

Yes, but dogs can bark to warn you when your cats are in danger . . . . . (ref our tragedy with the pit bulls a few months ago).

Now, to comment on the photos: Randy, I love the colors in the sky--simply magnificent! If you could use your processing magic wand on the shot of Gus, I see the same color scheme in him as i do in the sky--just needs a touch more blue in his black ears!

Have you thought of wearing ear plugs when you go out? And may we borrow Gus to help rid my mom's place of the coons that keep knocking over the plants on the deck? My amazing mom has trapped about 5 of them in the last few months! She lets them go several miles away but then more show up.

Cheers,
Lauren

Ha, I DO carry earplugs when I take Gus! It's just been recently that he doesn't bawl the whole time we're in the car. The only real advantage in taking him for a ride is that most cars pull over to the shoulder. They think there's a siren going off <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > <JK>

Sounds like your mom's pretty tough, coons are MEAN!!! ~ Gus is a hunting machine, he'll keep a squirrel treed in our yard from sunup to sunset. Only then when we drag him in the house...


Oh yes, a coondog for a house dog.

Like the breeder asked my wife: Why would you want to??? <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/headscratch.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > ~ We often repeat those words <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

Serrator

rwells wrote:

Took my (wife's) coondog out for a run in the field this evening. Here's the field





And here's Gus on the way to to field... (should have named him Foghorn )

Epic sunset Randy...just beautiful! It sure dressed-up that field!!

rwells

Serrator wrote:

Epic sunset Randy...just beautiful! It sure dressed-up that field!!

Thank you kind sir.