Animal drinking fountain

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With the Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt) in the background, this is a detail of an ornamental three-level drinking fountain for animals in the main shopping street of Göttingen. Something you walk past without really noticing. The ‘ground level’ is a drinking bowl for dogs (decorated with dogs), the top is a bird bath (yes, with birds). Following the same logic, the middle level is meant for horses. This is a detail with the horse heads. The actual bowl is outside the frame. I like the anachronism and the stern look of the animals. Yesterday was the right moment for the picture. © Fred S. Wouters, 2016.

Seagull

Seagull

Seagulls in Liverpool are big! This fellow was sitting atop a stone wall and let me chase him around a bit before deciding he’d had enough. This photograph was taken with the Meyer Optik Primagon 35 mm lens, an oldie. For a shot like this, you’d normally select a tele lens. Good thing the animal was not all that impressed by me creeping up really close. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters