Critique Welcomed The Curious Cow

[Brian Moore]

Tomorrow I will launch image number 18 of my weekly A Print for Ukraine project. (I guess it's been a while since I posted an image here on RPF because when I last did so I think it was print number 1 or 2 in the series. Anyway, 18 weeks have flown in.) Here is the one I'll be posting tomorrow. It is "The Curious Cow." Shot it yesterday with my Sigma SD Quattro and Sigma 30/1.4.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha, love it. Penny for her thoughts!

 

[Brian Moore]

Ha, love it. Penny for her thoughts!

Thanks Rob. I did a little research on cow breeds and I think this girl is a "Black Baldy," which is a cross between a Black Angus and a Hereford.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Is that a tornado starting in the background?!

 

[Brian Moore]

Is that a tornado starting in the background?!

It's steam (or something) from an industrial chimney. There are a couple of oil refineries in the area and I was circumnavigating them in search of a good angle to get an industrial fotie. That's when I came across the coos. Never did get a shot of the refinery or the chimney steam. (Although I did get a fotie of it a while ago. Not sure I posted it.)

 

[Brian Moore]

@Rob MacKillop looks like I did post it here before. This is stuff emanating from the same chimney.
http://realphotographersforum.com/forum/threads/smokestack-cotton-candy.24895/#post-193133

 

[Pete Askew]

Just perfect, Brian. Love it.

 

[Brian Moore]

Just perfect, Brian. Love it.

Thank you, Pete!

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

It's steam (or something) from an industrial chimney. There are a couple of oil refineries in the area and I was circumnavigating them in search of a good angle to get an industrial fotie. That's when I came across the coos. Never did get a shot of the refinery or the chimney steam. (Although I did get a fotie of it a while ago. Not sure I posted it.)

I reckon you know that the word coos originates from Norwegian, as well as gruesome.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, Scots is a mixture of Northumbrian English, Germanic and Nordic words, and many home-grown varieties. Not to mention French and Indian words, and words from many other countries. We are mongrel linguists!

 

[Brian Moore]

I reckon you know that the word coos originates from Norwegian, as well as gruesome.

“Horned Hats” is a Norwegian word, too, Ivar.