[pure-silver] Re: Oh, was this a test? I thought you guys were serious!
- From: Ray Rogers <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
--- 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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