Pronghorn

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted January 21, 2011501 views6 comments

I was thinking of what it must have been like back in the days before we fenced in the American West.

D700
500mm vr
1/400 f9
iso 400

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6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 21, 2011 at 3:00 AM

A very poignant image, and very sad. All in the name of "progress" ?
Sandy.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 21, 2011 at 9:18 AM

Nice to see you posting again... I'm betting this Pronghorn was wondering the same thing. While it is a small detail that may not have been concious on your part, the fact that the barbed wire goes "through the eyes" so to speak adds a lot to this image.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on January 22, 2011 at 8:30 PM

They are fencing off alot of farm land where I live to keep deer out! I often wonder what it will mean to gene pool mixing and birds getting caught in the fences??

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Hank Pennington on January 24, 2011 at 6:50 PM

This is really telling for anyone in the West who is familiar with the problems of antelope and fences. Egad. I particularly like the position of the wire in relation to its eyes. There's tension in the near-merger that helps amplify the relationship.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM

Excellent, Charlie. A well-deserved EP.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 26, 2011 at 6:38 PM

Congrats on the EP!
Well-deserved!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments