Can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd..

Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 5 October 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Well, ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down do it, do it, do it

Roger Miller

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Comments (19)

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Great shot Amy! Wonderful capture!

5 Oct 2007 6:03am

@Stunner: Thanks Stunner!! Loved your doggy shot today!!

Silvia from Austria

Wow, tolles Bild!

5 Oct 2007 6:23am

@Silvia: Thank you!!

Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany

Love the mood in this take, it could have been taken ages ago!

5 Oct 2007 8:13am

@Manuela Photography: Thanks Manuela!! Always good to know when your intent and ideas really work!

Sriram from Chennai, India

Interesting tones! Very good shot indeed! Good work!

5 Oct 2007 8:27am

@Sriram: Many thanks Sriram!!!

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Beautiful shot!Like it!

5 Oct 2007 9:36am

@Shahab: Thanks Shahab!!

Behrooz from Tehran, Iran

Great post processing for the rare shot, Amy. They look both silly and dangerous to me :D

5 Oct 2007 10:09am

@Behrooz: They're mighty beasts Behrooz and very unpredictable. And such a big part of our history... but you are right they do look a little silly with those immense heads. Thanks my friend... it's so good to see you doing better.

Roberta from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Ohh - nice one. I should have snuck through the grass with you to get some shots of the buffalo. The song made me laugh this morning too. Thanks that will probably be stuck in my head all day!

5 Oct 2007 2:13pm

@Roberta: Hey Roberta!! Glad you know the song... even more glad it made you laugh.

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Very nice!

5 Oct 2007 2:19pm

@Jen: Will it ever slow down for you my busy friend? I miss it when you don't post... yeah, I know, we have lives outside the blog.. but I miss Jen's eye!! Ok, enough whining... Thanks soul sista!

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

Very nice shot.

5 Oct 2007 2:36pm

@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael!!

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Beautiful, lovely moody tone in this shot!

5 Oct 2007 3:31pm

@DaveB: Thanks so much Dave!!!!

Amir from ?, United States

Beautiful and mighty

5 Oct 2007 3:35pm

@Amir: They are magnificent beasties Amir and so a part of our history. Thanks so much!!

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

Its like the old photos (I had a book with photos of American Indians and it remains to me this book) - very nice tones and thanks again for your good words

5 Oct 2007 4:22pm

@yiannis krikis: That's what I trying for yiannis... THANKS! ..and again you're welcome... they're well deserved.

Anne from White Rock, Canada

Wow! Makes me wanna sing "Home, Home on the Range". Where did you capture this! The only Buffalo I ever saw whilst living in Calgary were in the Buffalo Paddocks in Banff. I guess I shoulda travelled East sometimes into the prairies proper. Always went west to the mountains. It's a fabulous shot! Love the toning too! Really makes it look old "Wild West". ;-)

5 Oct 2007 7:36pm

@Anne: They keep bison out at the Historical Park here. They've built up quite a herd and it's always so wonderful to see them there... gratefully on the other side of the fence.. LOL Unpredictable beasties yet wonderfully majestic and beautiful. Thanks Anne... I played with it an awful lot as the original was quite blah.

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Great photo; great p'ping (sepia); great captioning!

6 Oct 2007 1:18am

@Viewfinder: Thanks Viewfinder!! I do love Roger Miller and this is one of my favourites of his... as well as my brother's. It's perfectly non-sensical yet a lovely hidden message.

R from Here and There, United States

Now this is something you don't see everyday ......I wish I did ....lol.... so I could get some cool shots !! very nice capture :o)

6 Oct 2007 2:29am

@R: I took this one out at the Historical Park but there bison farms very close to me. In fact, I see them most mornings on my drive to work.... Thanks bunches Rob!

aggie from Singapore, Singapore

Magnificent creatures. Well shot.

6 Oct 2007 5:42am

@aggie: They are indeed aggie.. thanks so much.

Bron from Canberra, Australia

Excellent capture amy - the way the heads echo each other and the tight tonal range!

6 Oct 2007 10:40pm

@Bron: These big beasties were very co-operative... and that's what I loved about this image as well was how those heads were. Thanks Bron!!

Robert from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Nice one, Amy. I really like the toning on this. Did anyone think to ask a Buffalo?

7 Oct 2007 1:35am

@Robert: LOL!! With their unpredictability... you ask first!! LOL Thanks Robert!

bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

superb treatment cutes--ace result
great scenery/great creatures/great steaks--billybiter

7 Oct 2007 10:21pm

@bronzebilly u.k.: Mmmm, very good steaks indeed. Thought you'd get the song tho'... not a Roger Miller fan from the old days?

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