July 24, 2013
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It is surprisingly difficult to take pictures of the Ladies.
For one, they associate humans with food and flock directly to the gate whenever we come outside, which makes me a little nervous about stepping into the hen yard with them.
For two, they peck. Just standing next to the fence, every now and again I have heard the distinct *clunk* as the fence shivers from the impact of a curious (or punishing?) chicken beak. Annie gets beaked nightly.
For three, they turn their heads to anew angle every 15 seconds, which is faster than I can teach my camera to ignore the wire and focus on the chicken.
So I went out to take pictures of them playing on their gym.
Problem one: they weren’t playing on their gym.
I’m not sure what the command is for that.
The classic chicken-through-the-wire shot. But also a great shot of the gym. (It’s the boxy wooden thing behind the pole.)
One of the Henriettas through the fence, farther away from me. Don’t know what the flares are.)
Foraging.
And then I figured it out. I got all four of them back against the fence, clucking and have a great time as they posed. Guess what I did.
Yup.
I flashed a lens reflection against their back wall. They chased it, pecked at it, danced under it…unfortunately, I still didn’t get the shot (although it was fun to play with them.)
So, I leave you with this:
Yup. Squash blossoms. Stationary. Try to ignore the anti-Annie fence.
