Posts Tagged deer
Photo Essay: Blue Ridge Hunt (October 2, 2010)
Posted by KLM in Blue Ridge Hunt, Foxhunts, Light, Photo Essays on October 18, 2010
The photo essay is posted at KLM Images.
Nature vs architecture
Fox in the midst of architecture
The front gates of the Blue Ridge Hunt kennels have two lovely metal fox silhouettes mounted on top. The kennel building is nothing but straight lines, of course: bricks, bars, shingles, and all the other architectural elements, but we get just that bit of nature which gives it personality. Whenever we look at the kennels there are hounds behind the bars (this is their home), but the foxes run free along the top of the gates.
Architecture surrounded by Nature
In a more natural context, these two does disturbed by the hunting activity retreat past the barn. The barn is aligned with and echoes the nearby Blue Ridge mountain that ascends behind it, but is dwarfed by it as well.
Though the lighting is attractive on the gable end of the barn, our eyes are drawn to the moving deer. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo Essay: Rappahannock Hunt (September 12, 2010)
Posted by KLM in Photo Essays, Rappahannock Hunt on September 22, 2010
The photo essay is posted at KLM Images.
Before the meet begins
Arm & arm
While the iconic photos of foxhunting at the start of the meet involve hunt staff posed with their hounds ready to hunt, you can find many things of interest to look at well before that point, beginning with the hound trailer.
Whenever I meet a hunt for the first time, I try to be especially diligent about getting shots of the hounds. I can’t capture their foxhunting abilities with a camera, but I can start to get a feel for their personalities and to identify some of the individuals. Paying attention to the hound trailer is a good start.
Each hunt’s setup is a bit different, depending on the sort of trailer they use. Often you are restricted to a view of noses through slits which, while amusing, is a bit limited. In this case, the interaction between one hound and the huntsman captured some accidental symmetry. Read the rest of this entry »