One Cow Ranch

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 9 October 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

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Comments (11)

erik tjallinks from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Greatly processed, and also with the cow as an extra feature! An exhibition piece.

9 Oct 2008 9:04am

@erik tjallinks: Thank you.

JoeB from Brampton, Canada

Vibrant B&W the cow looks like it was painted on the side.

9 Oct 2008 2:15pm

@JoeB: He sort of stood out. There is actually some detail available in his image but I didn't try to bring it out.

Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan

Classic rural American view but with a sci-fi sky! Holodeck?

9 Oct 2008 2:33pm

@Daryl: And I didn't even manipulate the sky.

don from spokane, United States

I like this very pleasant looking rural scene. Windmills have always been an attraction for me.
Very nice shot.

9 Oct 2008 5:31pm

@don: Thanks. We've got a new kind of windmill sprouting up in the State, though not right around here. The kind that generate 1 MW of electricity.

gbe from kansas city, United States

my god, it's like every element of a classic american farm scene has been compacted into this photo - cow, windmill, lone tree, dirt road, barn, wooden fence, big sky... i love it!

9 Oct 2008 6:24pm

@gbe: Thanks. I had a hard time deciding whether to choose the b&w version over the color, but in the end I decided the color was maybe a little too, je ne se quoi.

lisa v from Gawler, Australia

Love that title :D classic shot as everyone has said.

9 Oct 2008 7:23pm

@lisa v: They might have had more than one, but if so, I didn't see it.

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

This is the typical view that we understand as 'The American Farm' or is that a homestead ? Fantastic shot and gbe has mentioned all the reasons why !

Is that my Old Cow from yesterday :D

9 Oct 2008 9:50pm

@Observing: We have a lot of gentleman farmers and ranchers around here --the kind with more stock in the bank than on the farm. This would be a ranch I guess, and making a living off a ranch these days would be a pretty hard go --impossible if you didn't inherit the land and had to buy it, since you'd probably get more return on your money at 3% than you could ever make ranching. I don't think you could buy a ranch big enough to produce an income and actually make a profit.