Summer Farm [5], a photo from Sor-Trondelag, South

Photographer's Note

Cows. A natural variation in the summer farm series!

Their life seems mostly to be about eating and digesting, eating and digesting! But they are very curious too in particular when they are young, they always pay attention when someone is coming around with a camera…

I don’t know much about cows so I really can’t tell which species these guys are, but they are quiet common nowadays as I see them all over the countryside.

Statistics show that both the number of cows and the milk production is decreasing over the years. During the period 1997-2007 the number of cows has been reduced by 19.4% while the production of milk is down by 9.0%, which also implies that the average cow is more efficient today as compared to ten years ago.

50-60 years ago these guys would have enjoyed life in a summer farm in the mountains this time of year, but the cows in the image were photographed in the field next to the farm...

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[5] A few decades back summer farms were widely used in Norwegian agriculture, and the main purpose was to make better use of the food for the animals. The animals were mostly cows, but also goats were brought to the summer farm. The summer farm season was normally from June to September.

Summer farm production used to be butter and cheese. This reduced the transportation volume and increased durability, which was important since the summer farm was located in a remote area.

Summer farm in Norwegian: Seter.

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Critiques | Translate

aadilj (18102) 2008-03-15 4:36

Those are extremely lazy glances right into my eyes!! i like the colours and textures. The composition is superb too

wolf38 (30) 2008-03-15 5:08

Hello Pablo. This time no landscape, but resting cows. They look directly into the camera. The cows, the green meadow and the yellow flowers result in a successful combination. Oh it would be nevertheless already summer. Best regards, Wolfgang.

clio (27961) 2008-03-15 5:14

Hello Pablo,
A nice trio!
They are very elegant with their yellow earrings! Funny, each has the post.!!!
They seem, indeed, to be very interested by your presence.
Good framing.
Have a nice WE
Diane

UlfE (14641) 2008-03-15 5:59

Hei Pablo,

It is an excellent cow shot. I guess that it is taken in the evening and or in a cloudy day. A really really good choice since shaded parts could easily become a bit disturbing in pictures like this where there is a great contrast between the white cows and the juicy dark green grass. What surprises me is the very tight enclosure or did you zoom them in? TFS and have nice week-end!

Cheers,

Ulf

jplebrun (21208) 2008-03-15 6:18

Bonjour Pablo
vu tranquille de la vie à la campagne ou c'est vaches se reposent dans un coin du pré, belle composition
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

Silvio1953 (221729) 2008-03-15 6:59

Hi Pablo, lovely composition with beautiful cows, wonderful colors, splendid sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

MarcT (20964) 2008-03-15 7:54

Hi Pablo,
Those colors are beautiful and the picture is managed with a lot of fine details.
Cheers
Marc

Tue (92470) 2008-03-15 8:26

Hi Pablo,
Great photo of the three cows. It's great that they all are looking at us due to their curious nature. Especially the one in the foreground, looking over his shoulder is very nice. They are nicely brought out by the surrounding green grass. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

mark_mk (266) 2008-03-15 9:20

Hi Pablo,
nice picture with great colors. The cows seemed to be pretty interested, great moment you captured the picture. Very well done.

Greetings
Mark

JCG (35153) 2008-03-15 9:45

Hi Pablo,

These three beautiful cows arise agreeably in this quite green grass. They seem very interested by the photographer. Good management of the lights. A photograph which supplements well your preceding images on these so typical farms of your area.

With all my friendships and a very good WE,

Jean-Charles

pierrefonds (114536) 2008-03-15 11:00

Hi Pablo,

A nice country scenery with the cow which are relaxing in the field. There is a good contrast between the colors of the cows and the colors of the field. The subject is well framed. The fence is a good addition to the composition. Have a nice day.

Pierre

gracious (20025) 2008-03-15 11:42

Hello Pablo,
I loved how they look at your camera as if they are specially posting for you! hehe! beautiful earring too!
very good sharpness, beautiful colour and details in the shot!
many thanks for the notes, Pablo!
greeting
tony

gildasjan (43826) 2008-03-15 12:49

Bonsoir Pablo
Excellent contraste entre ce vert et le blanc des vaches.Une image très sympathique le regard de ces bovins.
Bonne soirée et bon dimanche.
Amicalement
Gildas

papagolf21 (152607) 2008-03-15 15:25

Bonsoir, cher Pablo,
Je connaissais la marque des vaches qui rit, des vaches sérieuses, mais pas celle des vaches au repos ! ;o)
Ici, nous sommes en face de vaches curieuses, et cela donne un effet très sympathique. J'aime l'ambiance qui se dégage à travers cette composition.
Amitiés.
Philippe

danyy (0) 2008-03-15 15:45

Bonjour Pablo,
beaucoup de douceur dans les regards de ces animaux.
Ils nous sont bien utiles et nous, nous sommes peu utiles pour eux. Fameux déséquilibre où l'homme se sent vainqueur une fois de plus.
Soit, elles ressortent bien, blanches dans ce bon herbage bien vert.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.

batalay (41261) 2008-03-15 20:22

Hello Pablo,

Along with your usual engaging note, you've given us a lovely shot of the bovine creatures, eyeing the photographer with an inquisitive air. Warm regards, and enjoy Sunday,

Bulent

ls7902 (7380) 2008-03-15 21:14

Hello Pablo,
I love the way all the cows are looking at you. A really nice tight framing. Bountiful fresh & green grass for them. Nicely composed within the confine of their enclosure. Best Regards. Latiff.

emjleclercq (15778) 2008-03-16 0:43

Pleasant view of these white cows lying in the high grass full of yellow flowers. A vey bucolic picture.

All the best,

Emmanuel

NellyD (1874) 2008-03-16 3:13

Hi Pablo,

I like cows, and this trio really seem to like you :-)
Great eyecontact, and a good composition, beautiful colours.
Very nice image and a funny one too, thanks for sharing!

Greetings, Nel

riclopes (35577) 2008-03-16 3:36

Olá Pablo, very nice diferent one. It's like white clouds in a green sky...It's funny to see them looking at you and specially the one in the middle. Excellent note, considering you don't know much about cows :) I like very much the balance of the composition - 3 cows forming a triangle and 3 poles around them.
Have a nice weekend,
ricardo

yedirenk (11244) 2008-03-16 3:47

Hi friend,
superb sharpness,very beautiful a cows family,with white colors.excellent compo.very good frame.very well done.Thank for sharing.
Best regards.

Cevdet

Didi (61589) 2008-03-16 4:02

Hello Pablo
Very strange to see cows without horns, perhaps they are young.
Very nice subject in the green.
Greetings.

ChrisJ (171884) 2008-03-16 4:04

Hi Pablo

Good graphism, of the lighter toned cows, against the darker green grass, with excellent colour & sharpness. Tfs!

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2008-03-16 5:01

Hi Pablo,
Beautiful shot! The colors, details and point of view are very good.
Have a nice sunday.
Ahmet

evanrizo (462) 2008-03-16 6:03

Hi Pablo,
I love animals, and these beauties here know exactly that they will be captured, it looks so!-:)
A very lovely scene with these whities between the fresh freen.
Best regards.
Evangelos

jurek1951 (42198) 2008-03-16 7:25

Hi Pablo,
excellent POV and moment captured,the saturation is good as well,good sharpness and exposure.
Georg

Giorgio (11279) 2008-03-16 7:34

- Ho, beautiful animals! I am not sure with hundred percent but I believe that they are french cows of race 'Charolaise' which I know well, one of the best meats of France, in any case the occasion to make a pretty photograph, bravo!
Good end of weekend, Pablo.
giorgio

Budapestman (82620) 2008-03-16 10:45

Dear Pablo,
Very lovely image with fascinating atmosphere, the composition is attractive. Colours are beautiful and the POV is great! Very well done, my friend! Have a nice evening
George

Graal (103040) 2008-03-16 11:01

Hi Pablo,
kind remembrance of summer time, amazing scene with the cows. Good colours and sharpness. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

Rosa (0) 2008-03-16 15:26

Bonsoir Pablo,
Une scene très sympathique , le repos de ces bovins ! ils meritent de se reposé tout comme nous.
Excellente prise campagnarde les couleurs sont belle.
Amitiés,
Rosa.

jusninasirun (17529) 2008-03-16 19:52

Hello Pablo. Natural farm series still looks good here. I like the barbed wire enclosing these cows in rich pastures. Regards. Jusni

robertosalguero (292) 2008-03-16 22:56

Hello Pablo,

Your stories regarding farming in Norway are very interesting. They give us good facts of this type of activity there. The image is excellent. The colours and sharpness very pleasant. The three cows seem interested in the camera. Good work Pablo.

Roberto

Nicou (193806) 2008-03-17 2:15

hello,

très belle image que ces 3 vaches, elle nous regarde, avec leur beau regard, le bonne bouillpe, j'espèrque qu'une n'attrapera pas le totiolis à force de tounre sa tête pour gguigner, superbe.

Bravo et belle journée

Nicou

Uhu (8609) 2008-03-17 6:53

Variation indeed - from landscapes to fauna, :) Great shot and great note, as usual. I also noticed that cows are quite interested in life - when given a chanse, they look at things and study them. But better not think about it, eh? Or it'll be hard to eat their meet. Sad thoughts.
Great photo, again!

TopGeo (38220) 2008-03-17 7:49

Hi Pablo! A composition with few flowers the grass the stakes and as models the cows you gave a picture of fa'rmas summertime. How they occupied to look at the lens? you shouted Moyoooo?-)
Geo

kpav (5031) 2008-03-17 8:50

Hello Pablo, excellent shot with very beautiful and curious models. You surely had their attention when you took the shot. I like a lot the grass that is everywhere and makes nice contrast with the cows. Thanks for sharing. Greetings,
Kostas.

MLINES (12516) 2008-03-17 13:10

Hi Pablo, I like to see cows, so large and yet so gentle and useful! The colours are idea. They must be full already and relaxing to chew their cud, as they say in NZ. TFS. Murray.

dip (21408) 2008-03-17 14:05

Hi Pablo,
beautiful and lovely composition,
wonderful colors,good clarity and sharpness,
well captured and framed!
Greetings,
Dimitris.

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2008-03-17 15:42

Hi Pablo!
Nice composition with beautiful colors making a nice contrast to each other.
You chose an excellent point of view and I like the sharpness here very much.
You also framed it very well and I really like the positioning of the cows.
Regards,
Jonas

adores (46979) 2008-03-17 17:43

Hi Pablo!
Seems I've been missing your gallery for some time! This shot is really nice,you captured their expressions really well. Very good composition, even the little flowers are perfect here.

JPlumb (3159) 2008-03-17 22:08

Hi Pablo, I was told once this means it's going to rain. It will rain if all of the cows are lying down, it won't rain if they're all standing. Of course if some are standing and some are lying down, then it might rain and it might not. I think this is the first time I've seen them all lying down. Of course, maybe some are standing, just off camera.

Anyway, you certainly have their attention. They all looked around for the camera. Very good natural colour picked up in this scene. Is there a reason they are held in a narrow area there between the two rows of fencing?

Thanks, John

AiresSantos (56155) 2008-03-18 1:08

Hi Pablo
Beautiful scenery with these three cows resting after the meal
Excellent POV, very well framed and done.
About the quality... fantastic
Have a nice day
Aires

molla (7129) 2008-03-18 3:04

Hej pablo
"tjynnan" is the word in Jamtland for cow, this specific specie? is beyond my knowledge as well but they doesn't look like the old scandinavians ones, the ones that my grandmother spending her summer together with in the summer farms because they where small and blackspotted and called for Fjälltjynn.
Muuh!
Anders

ahaberal (6469) 2008-03-18 3:25

Hi Pablo
Those colors are beautiful and the picture is managed with a lot of fine details.
asim

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-18 4:57

Hi Pablo,
the front one is very curios, but most of the cows are curious to my knowledge. I like this group capture in the high grass because of its very natural impression. Excellent texture of the furs.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

giorgimer (35017) 2008-03-18 5:43

Hi Pablo,

nice idea, I like the way you composed this trio, you catched their attention.

Well done!

Gio

Kris_Luxenhofer (752) 2008-03-18 6:47

Hello Pablo, good Ppoint of view, and i like the scene. Great colors and good sharpness.
Greets Kris

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markstaples (15670) 2008-03-18 10:26

A nice sharp shot with good framing. They certainly seem to be eyeballing you and are curious as to your actions.
Best wishes
Mark

bracasha75 (24591) 2008-03-18 12:17

Hi Pablo
There rule peace and harmony twin animal and nature
Norwege is beautiful country
TFS
Cheers,Braca

chrisnet (23062) 2008-03-18 13:26

Hello Pablo,
Funny image, it's well seen and composed, simple but effective!
Regards

gneufeld (15890) 2008-03-18 18:30

Hi Pablo,
I grew up on a farm so this scene could easily be in my home commnity. The colors you present are really nice and the curiocity of the animals is obvious. I like the fences in the foreground. TFs. Gerald

plimrn (21344) 2008-03-18 19:06

Hello Pablo.
I do believe this is the most attractive cow photo I've seen. If Carnation Milk still has the slogan, "Contented Milk from Contented Cows." this would be the perfect illustration. The detail and color is excellent and the tree different expressions you have framed really make the shot.
HLJ, Pat

shevchenko (20560) 2008-03-18 21:36

Hi Pablo,
Good pov to show a group of white cows hidden in the weeds, pretty cows but finally became our meals.
Ally

dareco (17136) 2008-03-19 0:31

OH! Now I'm homesick!! I'm longing for springtime and the I really must get myself to the country. Another really beautiful picture!!!! TFS

jafadabret (56501) 2008-03-19 2:46

Pablo bonjour.
Ces bovins semblent bien curieux à l'approche
d'un bipède muni d'un appareil photo.
J'aime le beau vert de l'herbe qui contraste
avec la blancheur des robes des quadrupèdes.
Jacques

Cricri (176) 2008-03-19 3:40

Hi Pablo,
Yes, super cadrage, un joli trio qui te regarde, j'aime surtout celle qui toune sa tête sans ce déplasser, sympathique scéne et image, compliment
Best regards
cricri
zut) j'ai donnée touts mes sourires, il faut attendre demain Ok :-)

noborders (1010) 2008-03-19 3:56

A beautiful trio and a peaceful view ! Great colours,
Compliments,
Cath.

Truja (4953) 2008-03-19 9:24

Hola Pablo,
an excellent image of the daily life in the farm, with fantastic colors and a great light.
The protagonists of the photography it seems that they are contented to appear in TE; -) and they seem cows professional models watching kindly the objective!

Un saludo, Jordi

maltese (22909) 2008-03-19 9:55

Hello Pablo
Un drôle de trio avec une belle composition en triangle et trois regards différents tournés vers toi. C'est très bien vu pour une bonne photo.
Amicalement
Hervé

Philippe (11836) 2008-03-19 12:48

Hi, Pablo. The three cows form a nice triangle amidst the green of the pasture. The contrast is aos very good. The animals seem to be conscious of their role in the image since the three of them are staring at the camera.

anducina (8407) 2008-03-19 13:38

Very nice and picturesque rural scene, the white cows with their yellow earrings (the same colors as the dandelions !) on the green field. For an eye more used to city scenes, those peaceful animals resting on the meadow seem something very pleasant and, as I have said, extremely picturesque.
TFS,
Andreea

jhm (211736) 2008-03-20 4:52

Hello Pablo,

Cows are always a very nice subject for take, and certainly this cows lovely quiet in the meadow.
Very well composition and real colours, nice presentation.
Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

Buin (42580) 2008-03-20 5:10

Hallo Pablo!
What a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere! ;-) Three wonderful portraits!
Greetings from - today - rainy Germany! Easter will be white!
Frank

saylan-cb (12738) 2008-03-20 5:43

Hi Pablo
Very nice photo of the three cows.Great colours and good image,well done.
TFS/Regards

gunbud (34066) 2008-03-20 17:05

Hi Pablo,
The healthy looking cows seem quite content to lie in their lush green bed of grass and wild flowers. Their curious faces are seen in exceptional detail that is enhanced by the strong clear colors and excellent sharpness to this fine image.
Regards, Tom

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2008-03-21 0:27

Hi Pablo
Very sweet capture. I like how they looking at you. Great depth of field and colours.
Have a nice day.

bakes888 (18499) 2008-03-21 0:36

Hi Pablo. It’s quite the opposite here, we have a dairy boom and the number of dairy farms is skyrocketing. Nice “portrait”, good eye contact! Nice lush colours also. Well captured and thanks for sharing.
Happy Easter, Paul.

dorte_s_t (2287) 2008-03-21 9:52

Hi Pablo .
This is an eye pleaser with the white cows, the juicy green grass and a touch of yellow flowers ( and earrings :o) )
A simple and very powerful shot !
How did you manage to make the cows perform so well ? Their attitude and position is just perfect ! :o)
Rigtig god påske !
Mange venlige hilsener
Dorte.

jmdias (115252) 2008-03-21 10:11

pablo

I liked this pov, the colors and the light are perfect too.The animals are beautifuly shown here.

hugs

jorge

Edyta_B (8) 2008-03-21 14:22

Hello Pablo
Hehe I see that the cows really like posing for photographers :D. Sweet and beautiful models... I like their looks, lovely eyes and in general – I like them :). Nice colours and interesting capture of these three ladies (or gentelmen) ;).
Happy Easter

Angshu (56760) 2008-03-22 0:45

Hello Pablo
All three seem to be looking at the photographer here, but their glances are lazy. They do stand out with their pinkish white colour against the green of the grass. A very different post from you, & well done!
Regards
Angshu

branley (3681) 2008-03-25 7:44

Hi Pablo,
always difficult to chose with so many fine images in your gallery after a time away but I've settled on this one because I think cows are wonderful gentle giants and the one in the middle certainly seems to be giving you the eye! Lovely contrast between the white and green and all in all a very comfortable ménage à trois. A super shot and well spotted.

Regards

Stephen

edal (6804) 2008-03-26 22:28

Good morning, Pablo!
Three of a kind! Your fine photo presents these animals as almost pets on the lush meadow. Suddenly a farmers' joke came to my mind:
Two country gals are discussing the cow's problem. "Why their eyes are so sad?" wonders the first one. "How would your eyes look - asks the second, - if they milk you everyday, and bring you to the bull only once a year?.."

I wish you a nice day! What about your weather - is it spring already in your parts?
Anton

jaywalker (16105) 2008-03-27 17:16

Hi Pablo, So natural, cows are often a great source of a photo, these ones look not to impressed with their potential fame, brilliantly sharp, well composed &, a lovely picture, kind regards Wilson.

danos (110407) 2008-03-28 6:30

hello Pablo,
nice composition with these tree cows in a greenery environment.I think that this place is the better for them.The real clear and vivid colours make the scene so real.The sharpness and the clarity are unique.Informative your note too.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

captainsgirl (3450) 2008-03-28 6:32

Hi Pablo!
Such a peaceful scene, makes me long for the summer months, smelling the fresh cut hay and hearing the birds sing! Alas we got 3" of fresh snow last night and its snowing AGAIN, dang...Didn't they say "March comes in like a lion and OUT like a Lamb?" wheres my lamb? Thanks for reminding us that summer will be coming SOMETIME! :o)
Donna:o)

nivaldo (15417) 2008-03-29 2:56

A real farm atmosphere, Pablo!
It seems they wanted to be photographed!
Very nice, my TE friend!
Brazilian Greetings to you and to Norway!
From Recife,
Nivaldo :-)

Charo (51290) 2008-03-31 14:46

Hola Pablo,
Una bonita toma de estas vacas tan blancas descansando en la estupenda pradera.
Excelentes detalles y colores.
Cordialmente
Charo

Tobias__Ortmann (2638) 2008-04-03 8:42

Hi pablo very good shot I like the colours the contrast and the pov here very much
tfs Toba

JanD (0) 2008-04-23 2:36

Howdy Pablo!
Amazing cows. Wonderful scene. Very good point of view. Original light and colors. Original shot.
Regards!

Emile (20352) 2008-05-01 9:36

Hola Pablo.
Simple shot with the resting cows and the green environment, looks like the amount of grass they have is plenty food for the three. Good POV, sharpness and frame.
Well done.
Best regards.

albertz (2468) 2008-05-28 0:37

Hi Pablo,
I was looking into your portfolio and i saw this. I like the way the cow look at you, i feel tension.. excellent one, got nothing more to say as they have all said already.

Regards
Albert

drweizy (536) 2008-05-28 2:34

The living conditions of the cows are well-off, so much grass for them, better if there was not the net fencing them.

clic (76) 2008-06-01 11:35

Thanks for your support on TL.
Don't delude yourself, Pablo! They did'nt sit being lost in admiration for you, they were digesting thier meal!
I just read on Yahoo that cows have 4 stomachs: RUMEN for storing grass half chewed,
RETICULUM where grass is softened more and forms small wads called cuds that returns one by one to the mouth where they are chewed 40 to 60 times and swallowed again, OMASUM where cuds are pressed and broken down further and finally ABOMASUM, where the stomach juices finally digest the broken-down cud.
Your close crop renders the trio much sympathic.
Cheers.
Robert

goodwill (4274) 2008-09-13 22:19

The cows have photogenic memory...just joking...thats why they know that they shall be in limelight from now on....but how did you ask the yellow buterflies to enter each of the ears of the cows?
Did you place the yellow leaves there?

Rajeev

foozi (7101) 2009-04-10 3:52

Hi Pablo,
well chosen friends of three.
well hidden among the tall grasses.
beautiful contrasting colours.
well composed shot.

regards,
foozi

swiatopelk777 (0) 2009-04-15 4:05

Hi Pablo!
Funny cows, nice family snapshot. Good capture. Original shot.
Greetings from Poland!

Urs (14082) 2009-10-01 9:36

Dear Pablo

Three white cows in the deep green grass, what better contrast is there? None. Well seen and executed with vivid colors and high sharpness. I really like the look of the FG cow, so shy!!! Well done

Thanks for your critique as well, I would had written, but my internet was extremely slow the past 36 hours or so. Possibly the natural disasters hitting the neighboring countries. For sailing Southeast Asia is great, however Malaysia is not the very best destination. Fine are Thailand, but also Indonesia, in particular Borneo, and the Philippines.

Best regards
Urs

Amaz (11475) 2010-04-06 1:23

Very rustic take, my dear Pablo!!
It's more from Nebraska like from Norway ;-)
Good POv and depth.

TFS

Kind regards,

AKITA (15125) 2010-11-07 17:42

dear Pablo,
three cows look so charming,
especially fore one surely see you with love sign,
their ear tags are quite like nice earrings,
a beautiful composition and rich colors are beautiful,
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa

ikeharel (113427) 2010-12-22 2:39

Hello Pablo,
It's so nice to be a cow in Norway, good grass, lovely surroundings, so quiet...
Well taken from pov.
Merry Christmas,
Ike