Swiss Cows in the Countryside

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Not isolated to the Zermatt mountains I made new friends and contacts all across Switzerland. Near Gstaad I had a fun encounter with these inquisitive cows enjoying the autumn sun in their meadow. Smiling wasn’t an option. Perhaps I shouldn’t have asked them to say fromage.

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Posted by Jim on 10.27.2008 at 1:31 am
Tagged: Locations, Photography, Stock Photo, Switzerland, Travel , Photography, Stock Photo, Travel

http://www.fetching.net lane

nice to see the fisheye made it to switzerland and saw some action.
Jan

This is priceless. The fisheye perspective and close-up really works great, you can almost feel that tongue touching you
http://www.xanga.com/coreyaj Courtney

I’m curious to know how you took this pic! I like it.
http://www.RebeccaJackrel.com Rebecca Jackrel

Good luck cleaning the spit off your lens! This is priceless!
Glad you are home safe and sound – keep the images coming!
http://www.whitezulu.com Geir

HIlarious!
I’ll always look at cows in a different way after this
http://www.jollencephotography.com Jollence

Amazing shot Jim, I like what the fisheye lens can do.
http://mjspringett.com mjspringett

What a great sense of humor, great comedic shot
http://www.aperculture.com Chris

Haha I love it! Big tounge and cow nose in your face! Surprisingly sharp detail close up too, and nice color.
http://www.jmg-galleries.com Jim

Thanks everyone for the great comments. Glad to see this struck a nerve. The cows I photographed on this trip had a lot of personality to them. Surprising a bovine could have personality.
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@Lane Indeed I made good use of the fisheye lens
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@Jan just wait for some of the others. This isn’t the only tongue photo
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@Courtney as previously mentioned this was taken with a fisheye lens. Fisheye lenses have a very short minimum focal distance. The closer the lens to the subject the greater the distortion.
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@Rebecca no spit, but it was close LOL
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@Geir Cows can equal photographic comedy. Their big head can be comically captured so easily.
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@Jollence same… I had a blast working with it. Thanks for the comment.
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@mjspringett and @Chris Thanks
http://www.bradwaltersphoto.com Brad Walters

LOL…it’s been a long time since a photo has made me laugh. Thanks for that.