tableau

These British White Cattle had arranged themselves as if for a portrait. Something they didn't do was to smile.

I guess they could be described as a 'tableau vivant' being a historic old English breed introduced to the water meadows by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust which manages this land.

[Candia]

Lovely pastoral scene. Fav.

[Hazel]

@candia

Thank you - could hardly believe how these cattle had lined up!

[Margo]

Lovely scene

[Bep]

Made me think of the Dutch painter Willem Maris. http://denhaagdirect.nl
Wonderful picture. Fav.

[Bep]

Sorry, Hazel. Must be the wrong link. Better google Willem Maris.

[Arthur Loosley]

Nice shot Hazel, and thanks for the informative commentary.

[wendy frost]

Super capture and a lovely group .The black faced one is cute.

[Lee-Ann]

Nice country image.

[Joyce]

Lovely shot and you can see all their faces. I always have trouble with one or two turning their backs on me!

[linda]

lovely scene, they look content

[👑 AnaZad]

Wonderful capture of the cattle.

[Susan]

Wonderful scene capture and made me smile because they did not!!! :-)

[Susie]

Fabulous scene, they have posed perfectly.

[Marco]

Great capture. Must have taken you a while to get them where and how you wanted them ;-)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Love the composition and they do look like they are posing for you. Smile cute cows. :) Fav!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

If I saw the cattle lying down like that I would make sure I had my umbrella handy, mind you I'm a country girl though. Lovely capture - no bull.

[Hazel]

@marcoh

Marco, we were just walking along and saw the cattle had 'arranged' themselves like this! Sometimes you get lucky!

[Julienne Jones]

I love this Park breed. What a lovely composition!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful shot, light

[*lynn]

beautiful shot, great lighting

[Nicole]

a beautiful capture of them togehter, love the different markinson their faces!

[Trinda Love]

They do look like a painting

[Molly]

Love your description of this quintessentially English scene!

[Graham Thresher]

A marvellous capture

[Carolyn Jordan]

Love it!

[Pam]

Great shot!

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Rosan]

Great shot and nice how they positioned themselves for you. The middle one has a cool face!

[Decima F]

I love this shot. I’d like to see how it looked with a ’painted’ post-process effect.

[Pyrrhula]

Ask then to say: cheese.
Beautiful shot and composition of this cows. It`s like an old painting capture

[Kim]

Love this shot, Hazel! They definitely look portrait ready. I thought about you on vacation when I saw a white plastic bag heron! :D

[Hazel]

@kimdavis

I haven't seen one lately!!!!!