BRITISH BEEF by GARAGELAND
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Description
My first out-door flash experiment.
Whitebred Shorthorn is a British type of beef cattle originating in north west England and south west Scotland. It is derived from Shorthorn cattle, but is always white, rather than being the range of colours found in other Shorthorns. It has not undergone the specialisation seen in other Shorthorns (Beef Shorthorn and Dairy Shorthorn), and so it remains as a more traditional hardy and thrifty cattle type. This favours its use for conservation grazing of hill pastures, grazing rank grass species to maintain a diverse flora.
While the exact origin is unknown the breed came to be noticed in the late nineteenth century when it was known as the Cumberland White. At that time Mr David Hall of Larriston, Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, and Mr Andrew Park of Stelshaw, Bailey, Cumberland sold Blue-grey suckled calves at Newcastleton suckler sales. Numbers of Whitebred cattle, mainly bulls for cross breeding, increased after about 1900, until a separate day was needed at the Newcastleton auctions. The Whitebred Shorthorn Association was formed on 12 March 1962 by a meeting of almost 200 breeders. In the autumn of 1964 official breed society sales wee held at Newcastleton and Bellingham and there was another successful Newcastleton sale in 1965. In that year the first sale of Whitebreds in Carlisle was held at Botchersgate Mart. Breed association sales continue to be held in Carlisle, Wales in spring and autumn, although numbers sold are now in single figures.
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Comments (26)
Bossie_Boots
Superbly captured and an interesting read !
Juliette.Gribnau
too beautiful to eat ! the lighting is superb !
5391151
Great shot.
BIPOLARTWO
Fantastic capture
GiMi53
Well, your first experiment is a big success: this is an OUTSTANDING picture ! With your recent fantastic uploads, you are really climbing to the top-3 of my favorite artists here at RR... :~)
jayfar
This is a brilliant result Steve and great info too. British beef is best, I know I had some last evening (beef that is!).
mafto62
Wonderful picture and colours. Great shot !
A_Sunbeam
I like the colours; great photo.
dakotabluemoon
Wow dude i love the way ur photos are coming out and this is fantastic work.
morningglory
Really interesting colors here.
qrud
Shorthorn cattle, nice perfect to see. Amazing grass and sky.
debbielove
Beautiful shot once more.. Wonderful postwork! Rob
flora-crassella
fantastic picture!!!!!
dreampaint
awesome tone colors and delicious cow :) great capture again!
durleybeachbum
Clever image!
Richardphotos
with freckles no less.superb landscape
kbrog
Wonderful capture and work! :)
wysiwig
Spectacular image! The flash was a big success. I like cows as subjects since they don't move very fast.
Ilona-Krijgsman
fantastic work...such a wonderful mood
ia_strmchsr
Raised on a farm most of my life in Iowa, I know a few things about livestock. I really love how you captured this. I love the colors of the setting sun, along with the prairy grass. I just love all the colors here. Thank you so much for sharing along with the info on some of Britain's life stock.
vaggabondd
This is a great capture
Crabbycabby
Stunning. Jaw droppingly great shot.
geckogr
very nice and colorwise fitting composition. shades on the cow (sun from the top) and sharp cloud in the unsharp background gives it away.
blondeblurr
You have created an amazing image with the flash - which gives it an almost eerie or spooky atmosphere and mood, stupendous presentation, Steve BB
tommorules
Highly unusual shot; the colours remind me of the Irish flag.
mariogiannecchini
Beautiful capture and photo ! Great lighting !