I find if i try to get close to the horses i photograph,they want to come over for a visit.Then i talk to them a bit ,move into position and as Emeril says...Bamm
Dave ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: "Richard Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:27:14 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: approaching animals Ken, I agree totally about avoiding eye contact totally when approaching animals (in my case birds, mammals and reptiles - I'm not sure that insects or spiders care if you're looking at them). However, I've noticed that if I get close to a bird and then start photographing it, and then I look away, then they sometimes seem to take this as an opportunity to make their escape! So it seems to me that once I've got close to an animal and started looking at it(and pointing a lens, which looks like a big eye, at something must be tantamount to looking at it), then I might need to keep looking at it in order to "pin it down" and prevent it from moving. I know that the principle I've outlined isn't true in all cases, but has anyone experienced the same thing? Richard. home phone: (1)(847) 244 5463 home page: www.richard-seaman.com --- original message, with snips --- All animals, including humans, create a bubble of comfort around themselves. If you invade that bubble, an animal will resort to either flight or fight. I found, however, that if I did not make eye contact with an animal and if I acted as if I was going to walk by them, I could get inside that bubble of comfort and stay there as long as I made no threatening motion. It works with all animals, wild, domestic or human. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
