Out To Pasture

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 9 January 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Black angus cows grazing in a field near Unionville, Chester County. After I finished photographing the fox hunt (see previous post), I decided to wander around some of the backroads and admire the pastural scenery of the area. The long, deep shadows of these trees initially drew me to this scene.

"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Those sharp shadows are wonderful! Excellent.

9 Jan 2009 5:43am

Suzanne from Huntington Bch, United States

Wonderful play of shadows here. Very well composed.

9 Jan 2009 6:11am

Julian Kilsby from Birmingham, United Kingdom

Well composed to make the best of those great shadows

9 Jan 2009 10:46am

Quark from Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands

Wonderful view.....

9 Jan 2009 1:35pm

dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States

Very well composed. The cattle and the shadows work really well in the frame together.

9 Jan 2009 2:34pm

Ed Heaton from Atglen, United States

Love the shadows Russ! Nice job...

9 Jan 2009 2:55pm

zOOm from Paris, France

Impressive giant shadows ! Adds a lot of graphism to this countryside landscape.

9 Jan 2009 3:59pm

Paula Camps from Mahón (Menorca), Spain

Nice one!

9 Jan 2009 8:47pm

Angry Buddha from Phoenixville, United States

The shadows make this shot. Nice work!

9 Jan 2009 11:38pm

rem_la from Villiers, France

superbe ces ombres geantes !

10 Jan 2009 10:35am

Blandine111 from Saint-Jean de Braye, France

I love that!! very good idea

10 Jan 2009 5:00pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Love the play of shadows.

10 Jan 2009 6:45pm

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Love the shadows... they really add to this shot!

14 Jan 2009 1:29am

Diane - Daily Walks from SF Bay Area, United States

There is a wonderful sense of abstraction here.... the foreground feeling almost flat combined with the dimensional background.

14 Jan 2009 3:26pm

Nikon D200
1/100 second
F/7.1
ISO 200
18 mm

trees
shadows
farm
pasture
cows