Yesterday, I was walking along through the neighborhood, admiring the light, patchy fog. There’s one house that has 4 dogs and they are usually out in the yard and usually celebrate my passing with a chorus of barking. I pay them no mind, generally, because they are fenced in. You can see the fence in this photo.
However, I heard another sound, an unfamiliar sound coming towards me. I turned around, saw a dog running across the yard, in my direction. My first thought was, is he restrained. I saw that he was. OK. Safe. Next, I noticed the fog, the dog’s stare in my direction, the light. I raised my camera, framed, and shot two quick shots. Neither showing the dog facing me because he had already lost interest in me. Overall, probably about 2 or 3 seconds had elapsed.
My how time flies! 
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Totally agree about the time thing. Nothing will increase my heart rate faster than seeing a dog making a be-line to me. Glad he was tethered but I suspect your skills as a fighter would have prevailed or your swift feet would have kept you ahead of him.
Looks like the hair on his neck is standing up. That’s not good either.
Monte Stevens recently posted..Action
Hmmm. I don’t know about those fighting skills, nor the swiftness of foot, Monte. I’d have been looking for a weapon, quickly!
I have been approached by dogs on my walk and have found that, so far, a very firm “NO!” or even a “SIT!!!” works really well. It stops them in their tracks and often times, make them turn around and head the other way.
Either way, I’m glad that this dog tethered. I’d rather not try my Cesar Milan, dog whispering tricks too many times.
Henri Cartier-Bresson said “the decisive moment, it is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction
of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression.” Photographers and athletes understand this better than anybody.
ken bello recently posted..brand new day
Ken: I guess that I was just a hair off in my timing, but it was fun to think about afterwards.
Precisely why it never occurred to me to aim for photojournalism, or even street photography. It all happens too fast. That dog would probably have made me forget I ever heard of a camera.
Anita Jesse recently posted..Playing at 2.8
LOL! Yeah, Anita. An approaching, barking dog can most certainly make you forget about the functionality or possession of the camera.
I’m usually lost in my own thoughts more time then I’d like to admit to while walking. Paul, I think you reacted fairly quickly to even get this shot. The fog burning through the light is get…perhaps it’s the dog which got his timing wrong!
Earl recently posted..Scenes from the morning’s walk: Turkey Tail Fungus
Thanks, Earl. I’ll have to have a word with that dog and his poor timing!