It was fine afternoon and the light was good, although frustratingly for a black and white photographer there was an annoying featureless blank blue sky. I would have to focus on filling the frame with otherwise interesting things.
So I am up at Warbstow Bury, playing with compositions while my assistant is off exploring other locations.
I played with framing the distant satellite dishes of GCHQ Morwenstow through the arch that the tree half makes but I am aware that I can’t see my assistant and haven’t now for a good few minutes. Perhaps she’s found something interesting.
Unusually for a photographers assistant, she is well trained and responds fairly well when I need her.
So I whistled for her.
Her name is Gwynnik, a Cornish word for ‘little white thing’. She reported many interesting rabbit holes in the location.
It seems as though the branches of the tree is also swaying to your whistles. Nice capture!
Regards
Roy
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Thank you Roy. A lot of trees look like they’re swaying but they’ve been blown into that shape as they won’t grow in towards the strong prevailing winds… Look out for more typical Cornish shaped trees in future. 🙂
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Will definitely be looking forward towards it.
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Gwynnik is smiling!!
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It’s probably the thought that if she comes to a whistle it’ll be a good tickle, many enthusiastic sounding compliments and, most importantly I suspect, a tasty treat. 🙂
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All good reasons to smile.
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Super capture with a fun writing.
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Thanks Robert, don’t look too close though. I think she’s going so fast she became a little bit of a blur… 🙂
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Love that the tree and Gwynnik are both slanting to the right – amazing capture!
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It might have been me slanting to the left! 😉
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Nice shot
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She was bit quick for sharpness but it was for a bit of fun after all this shock! 🙂
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Aw, if I had such beautiful dog, I would probably post tons of photos with her on my blog 🙂
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Thank you, she’s in recovery at the moment after being spayed a couple of days ago but I shouldn’t think it’ll take long before she’s out ‘helping’ me again. 🙂
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This makes me giggle. A pet is the very best if friends! You have captured her perfectly against the terrain. Lovely work!
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She’s always helpful and a large part of keeping me active. 🙂
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Pets are wonderful creatures! You never realise what a comfort they are until you have one!
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Gwynnik appears to be much more helpful than my furry assistants. All mine are good for is flushing birds from trees. Great image, it captures a lot of her personality.
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Thanks, she’s a lot less lively this week as she is in recovery from her spaying operation. Hopefully we’ll both be out hunting soon, me for photos, her for rabbits.
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I like this a lot! You’ve captured so much movement in a still frame. The dog obviously is in motion, and the tree looks to be thrashing in the wind (even though I know you said it wasn’t.) Great photo!
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Thank you, Got to work on getting my focus speed up to her returning to a whistle speed!
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I didn’t know Gwynnik could fly!!
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You just have to have the right whistle. 😉
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