[pure-silver] Re: Oh, was this a test? I thought you guys were serious!

--- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Limiting the field of view of a horse by 
> putting blinkers or blinders on it will often calm a nervous 
> horse because it can't see movement around it which may 
> cause startling.
>     I have no idea what this has to do with photography.

Yes.
I think telephoto lenses are sort of like blinders for photographers...
For that matter, just having a camera to ones eye often limits what one is 
willing to see.

Ray




> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:29 AM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Oh, was this a test? I thought you 
> guys were serious!
> 
> 
> >I would have to agree.
> > I once watched a horse cry after being scolded for being 
> > afraid of something....
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
>     Horses are "prey" animals and have a very strong startle 
> reflex. Survival can be a matter of reacting quickly and 
> running. When you wash or curry a horse you must talk to it 
> and keep touching it especially when getting behind it so it 
> knows who is there. Otherwise you may get kicked. Kicking is 
> about the only effective defense a horse has against the 
> sort of animals who prey on them (large cats etc).
>     One way of telling prey animals from hunters is the 
> position of the eyes: hunters have eyes in the front of the 
> head and stereo vision (dogs, cats, people); prey animals 
> have eyes on the sides of their heads and panoramic vision. 
> An animal like a horse, a deer, a cow, or a rabbit can see 
> 360degrees by making only a small movement of its heads but 
> have no depth perception and often can not see straight in 
> front of it. Limiting the field of view of a horse by 
> putting blinkers or blinders on it will often calm a nervous 
> horse because it can't see movement around it which may 
> cause startling.
>     I have no idea what this has to do with photography.
> 
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
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