Kangal dog, laughing Photo

Photographer’s Note

This post is about the Kangal dog : "a contemporary national treasure in Turkey" (Wiki). The typical, traditional protective "necklace" of this one is purely "decorative" (or to impress visitors), he could not be attacked by other dogs or by wolves as he is a quiet (but huge !!!) dog guarding a house ... Those dogs are traditionally used by shepherds and can be terrifying in the wild, - some others, attached, can also be dangerous (question of diet too, maybe ?)... it all depends on how we treat them I guess... This 2 years old just wanted to play and dance with the kids !

NB : it is now getting a fashion to own a Kangal dog in some areas : the owners of this one - a very traditional family - are not interested in fashion but some rich business people have recently acquired such animals as pets for prestige ; often, they had to get rid of them because they did not know how to train them, playing with their instincts and exciting them to fight other dogs : a real terror sometimes !

mikolaj_kawa, japiey, macondo, ChrisJ, adelune, Vasa, tehanu_f has marked this note useful

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mikolaj_kawa (31259) 2008-05-02 1:22

Hello Catherine! Wonderful POV. Good shot. Dangerous effect. Well done!

faubry (32419) 2008-05-02 1:26

wow, impressionnant ce chien tout de même, il doit éloigner les indiscrets.... moi la première je ne pense pas que je m'approcherai de lui comme tu le fais, en tout cas, cette photo est de très bonne qualité avec des détails sur son pelage, son collier même décoratif est solide...
à très bientôt
amitiés
francine

MarcT (21103) 2008-05-02 1:29

Salut Cath,
L'image est excellente. J'espère qu'ils ne vont pas s'offusquer car c'est un chien. Elle est pourtant bien dans l'esprit TE.
Amitiés
MArc

alibasarir (14497) 2008-05-02 1:31

merhaba catherine,
ne güzel bir fotograf böyle.köpeği çok güzel çekmişsin.özellikle yakın plandan kadraja alman nefis görüntü oluşturmuş eline sağlık.
selamlar sevgiler
Ali

delkoo (34788) 2008-05-02 1:34

bonjour catherine
attention aux modérateurs féroces !!!!
malgré son apparence, il nous dédicace un charmant sourire...

didier

japiey (9521) 2008-05-02 3:08

Hi Cath,

Fantastic....
Never seen such a POV...
I love the way u captured this, so close....
All the best, dear..

jp

tober (4054) 2008-05-02 3:18

Il sourit. Avez-Vous lui raconté une plaisanterie ? :)

Très bonne, très sympathiques e aussi dangeroux !

Amitiés, Tolga

okahraman (4576) 2008-05-02 3:48

merhaba catherine ;

şirin desem şirin değil ama kırsal yaşamın en güzel öğelerinden birisi güzel yansıtmışsınız ben olsam o kadar yaklaşamazdım elinize sağlık tebrikler

önder kahraman

macondo (13271) 2008-05-02 3:56

Hello Catherine.
This is a marvellous, sharp close-up 'portrait' with your little Ixus camera. Great close crop and good use of square format. I found your notes very interesting. Excellent depth of field from such a close position. Well done.
Regards,
Andrew

Polonaise (5638) 2008-05-02 5:06

Another side of Cathy - the photographer with heart.
Extraordinary photography, dear...

You said 'IXUS' ?
Like a slap in the face for those 'real' photographers, with the 'real' cameras...

Bless your heart, gal.

g.

TGULUMSER (12514) 2008-05-02 9:48

Hello Catherine,
A really amazing and extraordinary shot. I love these dogs a lot and it is nice to see him laughing,
Best regards,
Tulay

mesutilgim (37282) 2008-05-02 12:33

Hi dear Cath,
What an amazing pov ! Great portrait of this great Kangal. Very nice compo and perfect notes.
By the way, this is one of my best beloved four leggers !
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

nirvana73 (8842) 2008-05-02 14:04

Merhaba Catherine
güzel bir köpek
güzel bir kare
renkler ve netlik harika
paylaşım için teşekkürler
selamlarımla
Özhan

abdulkadir (2324) 2008-05-02 14:39

Sevgili Catherine merhabalar;

böyle bir açıdan bir kangal köpeğini görmemeiştim hele hele böylesine gülen bir kangalı hiç görmemiştim..çok hoş bir çalışma olmuş..

ellerinize sağlık..

jonathan_hart (22627) 2008-05-02 15:37

j'ai rarement vu un portrait de chien comme ça ;) on croirait bien qu'il se fend la poire :D c'est bien, j'ai appris le pourquoi de ce genre de collier :)
amicalement
jo

ChrisJ (70443) 2008-05-03 4:17

Salut Catherine

Effective tight framing on this fierce looking dog. Good sharpness & colour, & I liked the spiked collar. Tfs!

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Vasa (6318) 2008-05-04 9:06

Chere Ctherine,

un portrait unhabituel, plutot souriant, accompagne des accessoires et de la note qui complete "l'information". Mes felicitations pour la realisation. Vive les animaux!

Amicalement

Branko

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-05-04 12:40

Oh my! They have to inactivate this, or it will cause nightmares in all members! :PPP I have to congratulate you for your courage. How did you get so close to such a monster? ))
Sevgiler,
Fusun

drhad (92) 2008-11-13 9:07

çok hoş..