though some might disagree because of the subject, I like those pictures a lot. Fascinating in a morbid kind of way.
Regards,
David
Thanks David.
I should probably add, I don't go looking for those kinds of subjects but lately I've photographed a decapitated mouse (no head at all), a decapitated bunny head (head with torso) and the foxes on the fence. What can I say? I think they make for interesting pics.
@JohnJ: cool shot of the foxes. Do you know the backstory? Were they hung there by farmers who killed them as some sort of deterrent to the living foxes, or did they all die trying to hop the fence near one another?
shaunmlavery wrote:
JohnJ, that tight crop is really nice. I'm glad someone else spoke up about them. I had no idea they were foxes.
Grenache wrote:
@JohnJ: cool shot of the foxes. Do you know the backstory? Were they hung there by farmers who killed them as some sort of deterrent to the living foxes, or did they all die trying to hop the fence near one another?
really an arresting shot.
Jim
Thanks guys. I don't know why they are there. They seem to have been skinned and just left there. When I first say them, about 2 years ago, the first thought that came to me was also that they'd been left there as a 'warning to the other foxes'! They are quite interesting in that you can see all kinds of details of the anatomy, like the ligaments in the tail. Other foxes which were left on the ground have been devoured by insects and all that's left are perfectly white bones, no other traces at all.
John, dead vermin species have been hung on wire fences for as long as I have been travelling in the country, many decades...I've seen wild dogs (feral and dingo) and foxes, rabbits, crows and eagles (a real shame), and cats. I'm surprised not to see flesh ripped off the carcasses in these fine shots of yours, must not be many hungry large animals out there..feral pigs and goannas would crunch up almost all of these animals, especially since they were skinned - fast food!.
I think the act of hanging them is both a social statement about these animals and a warning to other animals of the species.
Not to preach but I heard a wildlife specialist saying today that cats (feral and 'semi-feral' house cats) kill several million mammals, birds and reptiles each *week* in Australia. The north of Australia is losing species faster than anyone in the field can understand or comprehend. Half the species made extinct in recent years in the world occurred in northern Australia.
The images of the dead vermin were quite the surprise I must say. Morbid yet fascinating indeed. Those shots really made an impression on me, not just because of the content but also the colours and tone.
I must say I really love C/Y Zeiss glass. You have to take care how you use some of them (the bokeh can be fugly - yuck, ninja star anyone?) but they render very nice, as all of the images in this thread show.
Is it me or do they really start to show off their real power when mounted on FF? I have a 20D and am already very happy with the C/Y Zeissen but comparing how they fare on FF it still seems to leave something to be desired.
Being a Zeiss-fan I can't help but feeling the need to post a few in here too, hopefully giving credit to the optics. Though drooling through the ZE/ZF/ZL thread makes me want to grab those *sigh*.
