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Family affair


Family affair
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Copyright: Nel Diepstraten (NellyD) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 362 W: 0 N: 697] (2745)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-23
Camera: Canon 350 D
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-11-18 7:43
Viewed: 668
Points: 8
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This is a follow up on the picture I posted yesterday, taken at the "Parc Animalier La Reid" in Belgium. The little yak wasn't alone all the time. Here he was in the company of his mother or father(or perhaps another familymember), I' m not really sure because both male and female have horns. But I liked to see them together like this, so I made this picture.

From the internet:
Wild yaks can weigh 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). They usually form groups of between 10 and 30 animals. Their habitat is treeless uplands like hills, mountains and plateaux between 3,200 m (10,500 ft) and roughly 5,400 m (18,000 ft). They eat grasses, lichens and other plants. During the warmest season these hardy animals live in areas of permanent snow and move lower down at colder times. They are insulated by dense, close, matted under-hair as well as their shaggy outer hair. They are the principal food for tibetans Yaks secrete a special sticky substance in their sweat which helps keep their under-hair matted and acts as extra insulation. This secretion has been extracted by Nepali tribes and used in medicine.

Domesticated yaks are kept primarily for their milk, fiber, and meat; they are also used as beasts of burden, transporting goods across mountain passes for local farmers and traders as well as in support of climbing and trekking expeditions. Yak milk is often processed to a cheese called chhurpi in Tibetan and Nepali languages, and byaslag in Mongolia. Often the pack animals are actually crossbreeds of the yak and Bos taurus (common domestic cattle). These are known in Tibetan as dzo or dzopkyo.

Yak fiber is soft and smooth, in several colors, including shades of gray, brown, black and white. The length of yak fiber is about 1.2 inches. It is combed or shed from the yak and then dehaired. The result is a splendid downy fiber that can be spun into yarn for knitting.
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Hai Nel,
Wat een liefdevol koppel,je kunt toch de waakzaamheid van moeder in haar ogen zien,
Gr, Jacqueline

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 136 N: 1263] (6138)
  • [2006-11-25 17:27]

Hi Nel,
This is a beautiful capture. The details are very good and I like this low POV. Very well composed with very nice natural colors.
Sky

Hello Nel! Yes, is a very good family portret! Nice colours and detail! beautiful perspective! Well done! Lili

Hello Nel,
This is a cute couple!
Composition is well done, and the details are nicely captured...
Position of their heads and the fact they both look in the same direction adds interest value, the cows here usually look right at me when I photograph them!
Greetings,
Pablo -
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:-) OK-

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