Monday 8 February 2010: Essence of Labrador (Lasagne just out of shot)
On our lunchtime walk along the Water of Leith today we came across a pair of dogs (and their humans) haveing a rare time in the water. They were begging to be blipped, and even more so begging for the SLR, shutter priority, long lense and continuous burst shooting. But since the compact wa all that was on offer, you'll have to put up with shoddy phot for the 'essence of Labrador' that this conveys.
The two dogs were about a year old, maybe younger, a Collie and this balck lab. We rounded the bend thinking someone was being tortured, the stangled yelps an wails made me start thinking first aid drowning protocols...but it transpired they were whoops of joy as the lab (Dylan) forged through the icy water to retreive his tennis ball. His fellow canine was too chicken to dive in, having gotten wet and cold....he paced the shore, looked concernedly on, and barked occasionally.
In this shot the Collie has a look of resignation as the Lab leaps again....looks like a sealion, and sounded like one too.
What was cute was the Collie helping the lab out of the water and fussing around him when he emerged. I swear half the water on the Collie came from the Lab.
Night all!
FinePix F200EXR : f/3.5 : 1/480" : 8.1mm : ISO 200



Comments
Ha ha fantastic!
~ kerrsmummy

collie is thinking, hope that bugger drowns so I can go home and get some heat!
~ snapper

Great capture!
~ nina54

Great action shot! :)
~ Shadowdancer
I guess if you're genetically programmed to swim in the most northern part of the North American continent, a winter's swim in Scotland is child's play!
~ gilliebg

great capture
~ queenie
Great action shot
~ Lisabaptiste

100% freeze......splash....we had the same idea today!!
~ tp
He He. Great shot.
~ raubrey

Labs know how to have fun - brilliant.
~ KathGordon

5 big ones from us .....
~ custard

I've got a flat coat who would just love to join in like this.
Great shot. Not easy to capture a dog in motion!
~ Goretex
Thanks for your comment. The light behind the shirts, was supposed to shine through the faces, but I'm not tall enough.
Like the leaping lab. Live life, be a lab.
~ CanCarrier
Clearly a decisive moment.
~ queenspark
Happy playmates, well done catching the action.
~ Helen

Nice action shot - they were funny!
~ MrsCyclops

Flying Lab.
~ Gillipaw

This is such a great shot! Action, composition, hues... It has everything! thanks!
~ Zman53

A polarizing filter would habe been good...
~ acronymphomania

This made me laugh and reminded me of how my Cocker Spaniel used to yelp like he was being subjected to tail-docking without the anaesthetic despite just having fun!
~ Pingirl

Love it! That really does sum up the daftness of labradors!
~ SooB

Mid air leap. Gotta love Labs. :D
~ sweetpotatosky
Perfect timing!
~ phoenixlizard
Haha brilliant capture, was the splash as dramatic as it looks like it might be?
~ Mrski1
It's an...airborneskydog! Lovely shot.
~ meles

Great timing, great blip!
~ ronbuist

Great action shot!!
The collie on the waterline sounds about right to me.....I had one that didn't really approve of that nasty cold swimming lark but was a dab
handpaw at herding seaweed......more of a landlubber than a dastardly sea-dog if you know what I mean!~ meancoast

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! that's fabulous! full of vitality, on a dull day this is bound to cheer us up. :-)
~ hope

Mad dogs and Scotsmen dive into the Water of Leith?
;-)
Update on Audit
The audit questionaire was aimed at the residential section of the service, so wasn't really applicable to me as I'm in the Job Centre area.
ComCare are attempting to introduce the Mead/Copeland WRAP programme already used by Bipolar Support I have been doing the layout for the BiPolarSupport quarterly newsletter since 2004.
I was a consumer advisor for ComCare for a few years, but now I only get called in when there is an audit, so I no longer have regular input into the running of the service ;-(
~ FirehorseMia

fantastic shot, frozen on the air!
~ visualbinam
Excellent!
Undoubtedly full of Essence of Lab - but I wish someone would tell our dog, who resolutely avoids water if she can! She should be thrown out of the Lab Club.
~ Red

Nice action shot and fantastic dog.
~ EzHighway

Great action shot :)
~ rutherfordium

:-)) wonderful capture!
~ Carwij

Ha, brilliant shot.
~ wanderscot