David has a beast of a problem
The large pictures each week on the second section of the newspaper The Herald, Penrith (Cumbria) are quite outstanding says a correspondent, with their lovely shots taken by readers of the Lake District`s mountains, villages and gardens
Older readers will see these classic pictures as being in the same tradition as that of many years` ago when the front page of the Herald always had an attractive black and white picture of one of the lakes, mostly in the same position on the page, and mostly taken by the noted Kendal photographer, James Hardman.
Everyone is more sophisticated these days and everyone now has a smartphone is a photographer.The Herald has also moved on, with colour pictures replacing black and white and a much greater number of subjects than ever before, chosen by the enterprising Herald reader cameramen.
Having said all that, perhaps I can comment on the very appealing Highland cattle picture that appeared in the paper`s issue of November18 and say that to me, the picture was somehow incomplete.
The photographer, David Satterthwaite of Tebay chose a magnificent subject but failed to say whether the animal was male or female
Perhaps David doesn`t know. The the tell-tale sexual “bits” are certainly hidden by strands of the animal`s thick floppy red coat. A flick of the hand would move those strands.
Perhaps David, though possibly very brave was not brave enough to go and confront the animal – it looks very much like a bull - and find out its sex for himself.
So, David, congratulations on your picture. But as I have said, the picture to me is incomplete without the animal`s sexual identification. Is it a bull or is it a cow?
Your effort to get round the problem by calling the animal “a beast” is, frankly, a copout. Be brave David,go and find out and let us know one way or another.
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