Posts Tagged ‘animals’

Goats Need Guidance

You might have heard a thing or two about goats.  About how they eat just about everything.  A goat herder recently told me that you fence the goats in, and then anything you want saved, you fence that off too.  I guess the 6 foot tall wood fence wasn’t enough of a hint that the juniper landscaping belonging to the folks that payed 600 grand for their townhouses next door was off limits.

Goat eating a juniper tree

Camera & Lens   Canon EOS REBEL T1i (Canon) & EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM     Shutter:   1/200 s
Creation Date:   2009:08:03 17:12:14     Aperture:   f/5.6
Artist:   Photographer: Ari Brown     ISO:   200
Exposure Mode:   Normal program     Focal Length:   65 mm

Yep.  Goats get hungry.  So it goes.

By the way, I know I haven’t been posting much.  I got this great new camera, which required me to also rebuild my computer to handle the massive files it spews, but other than that, I’ve got no real excuse.  It just hasn’t been happening.  Let’s pretend that it’s been my insistence that only the highest quality, primo shit makes it to the website.  Yeah.  That’s totally why.

Invading Horde of Brush-Eating Goats

I didn’t think I had a post for today and then something happened.  GOATS!  We’ve lived in the same apartment for upwards of 6 years with a brushy hillside bhind it.  I think I can say with some confidence that it has never been covered in goats.  Until today, anyway.

The goat delivery van and the browsing horde

Goats covering the hillside and the goat transporter.

Goat BABIES!?!!

Oh yeah – they brought goat BABIES!

Goats Gone Wild

Sometimes the goats get that crazy look thing going, but hey – it’s goats.  In the city.  Eating the plants.  Confusing the pedestrians.  It was all right.

Goats getting their eat on.

Even in 90 degree temperature, they do what they’re supposed to do, and they’re going to be back tomorrow, in double the numbers, to do it some more.  Check out the gallery below for more picture.

Birds On A Wire

Pigeons on a telephone wire – classic picture, right?

Pigeons on a Telephone Wire

Camera & Lens   Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 24.0-105.0 mm     Shutter:   1/4000 s
Creation Date:   2009:04:04 14:58:38     Aperture:   f/4.0
Artist:   Ari Brown     ISO:   100
Exposure Mode:   Aperture priority     Focal Length:   75 mm

Even so, finding the right shot can be hard.  I wanted the simple lines and symmetry in the wires.  Sun should be up but not right overhead.  You need some pigeons in there, right?  Well I was out shooting radio towers and I just saw this out of the corner of my eye.  Want more?  Hit the jump for the rest of the post.

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Butterflies; Artificial Habitat Makes Good Pictures

Butterfly from the Pacific Science CEnter

Camera & Lens   Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & no lens info     Shutter:   1/160 s
Creation Date:   2009:02:08 11:53:50     Aperture:   f/4.0
Artist:   N/A     ISO:   200
Exposure Mode:   Normal program     Focal Length:   105 mm

Butterflies are great – beautiful, non-dangerous, and not too fast to escape the camera. The problem is that they don’t often live in Seattle, especially mid-winter. Coming to my rescue is the Pacific Science Center and their butterfly habitat. I was there for something else and didn’t have long, but I loved spending a few minutes here. The butterflies are huge, released twice a day, and aren’t too far away to take pictures of. I might go back with the right equipment in tow – knowing that they’re there rain or shine is just too enticing to pass up when the temperature is in the mid 30′s.