Creatures.  Large and small, they populate the world as significantly as "we" do, and I would be remiss to avert my camera from their portraiture.

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More must be said about the images of tagged and fenced domesticated animals:  I always cast a friendly smile and hello in their direction, and they always grant me friendly permission to capture an image for "us" to admire -- yet, there is so much more to contemplate.  My strong emotional bond with farm animals runs up against their bondage. 

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One memorable day, I was photographing a corral of sheep when they escaped their fence, and ran in every direction.  I rallied to the aid of the farm hand, and his herding dogs, and we all ran about and returned the sheep -- all of us then falling back into our place and pace.  Free for a brief moment.