Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks quite surreal to us tropical folks! That said, my favourite is the portrait of the cowgirl. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 10:47 PM Aram via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Every year the Eaton ranch drives a few hundred head of cattle along the > highway through the Yakima River Gorge from one feeding ground to another > for birthing. This year it was supposed to be today (Sat) but due to the > storm that was predicted, they moved it to yesterday. Good thing. As I > type today it is 21 degrees with sustained 30mph winds and gusts to 45 > with > snow blowing around the house so I can barely see across the street. Wind > chill hovering around zero. Yesterday it was also 21, but no wind and no > snow. Here are a few shots. > > They have about a 4 mile walk from where they enter the highway to get to > a > resting/watering spot called Big Pines Campground. > > Here is an album with some of those photos. View them large, please. > I'll > direct you to a few of them. > > Approaching the resting spot > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0332.jpg.html and > the next three > > Some of the workers > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0341-Edit.jpg.html > The cowgirl in charge > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0346.jpg.html > > > The river was mostly frozen over, so they did not spend much time there > before they were herded back out to the road for the last 5 miles of their > drive to the birthing grounds. These are all pregnant cows. > > Heading back up to the road > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-5593.jpg.html and > the > next three. > > On their way > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0354.jpg.html and > the next one > > Comments welcome. > > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information