my partner this week for the "get pushed" challenge is mel
@emjay8 and she very easily found what's lacking in my albums: animals. when i told partner about this, he said, "do i have to pose for you again? but i'm not an animal; i'm a beast!" yah-di-ya-di-ya-dah.
so when we were going over to the racetrack, he swung us by the beaches where he guessed, and he guessed quite rightly, that there will be an abundance of dogs and if i use my zoom lens, then i needn't worry about getting near them.
so that's what i did, stayed as far back but couldn't get the right focus on this ever giddy animals. a nice middle-aged man was sunning his bulldog-ish type dog by the waters and i thought it'd do me no harm if i ask him to make him sit still while i take a few shots. surprise! when i got to about 10 yards of them, there were other people with dogs near him which i didn't see because of the slope of the sand and the road. but i was there to shoot dogs and shoot i did! this one along with another fierce-looking black dog were roughing it up and when this big shaggy dog passed by with its owner, they just started to play and sniff each other. and i just kept snapping away. although i had to put the camera away from my face once in a while to check that they were not really that close to me.
so, mel, here's the animal shot you wanted me to take.
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we're in the stands at the racetrack as i post this, no fancy buffet dinner today as we're just here for partner to bet on a few races where a friend of his has horses racing.
if my little grandson darren was around, he'd be able to tell me what kind of dogs these are, as he's so in tune with such things.
nice summer day, perfect for going to the races. and the beaches!
there, now, summerfield, that wasn't too scary, was it?
@kyren167 - thank you, karen. yes, the black one is quite big.
@bkbinthecity - thank you, brian. well then good for you!
@tanja_1211 - thank you, tanja. i appreciate that.
@abhijit - thank you, ab.
@alia_801 - thank you, alia.