Donkey ears photos, which one?

The thing you love about a donkey is their ears!

I took photos of our Daisy's ears and got two I really liked. Now the problem is, I can't decide which one I like best. They are very similar.

The bottom photo gives you a hint of where her eye is, even though you don't see the eye. It also shows both of her ears.

But there's some reason, I seem to like the top photo better.

I wanted my photo of Daisy's ears to capture her softness, her fuzziness, her cute personality and the wonderful expression of her ears. The background color worked perfectly with what I wanted to convey..the colors matched the colors of Daisy, so they help to create a soft harmonious look.

In the top photo the one ear is definitely the center of interest. I think that's why I like it best.

What do you think? And why do you like one photo over the other? You can click the photos to enlarge them.
Donna Ridgway
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wildlife art, cow art, and animal paintings, my Montana Photosfor sale on my website.

I Made a movie for you tube with our donkeys!

Watch my donkey video on youtube.com.
I can't believe I did this. I got the idea to record the donkeys talking to me. Then I decided if I did that, I should have some pictures to go along with it.

So I added some photos, and some noise, from me and the donkeys, and put it all together.

Hopefully, the link to you tube works and you can see my movie! Pardon my voice, as I have a bad cold.
Donna

Angora rabbit photo by Donna Ridgway

Amidst photos of wildlife, mountains and buttes, we also found an angora rabbit, calmly cleaning his fur. I have to admit, this rabbit was in the town of Choteau, at the KOA campground. His colors against the colors of the rocks were beautiful. I loved they way his "warm" colors, interacted with the "cool" colors of the rocks.

His soft living form, was another contrast against the hard surface of the stones. I thought this made for a great little photo.
Donna Ridgway
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There are more photos of Montana landscapes, photos of Montana wildlife, and my horse paintings on my websites.

Photos of Rocky Mountain Front by Donna Ridgway

I grew up looking at these mountains every day. They're part of me. There have been times during my life, when I lived where I couldn't see them. I never stopped longing for another glimpse of these mountains.

Now I live my life in such a way, I can go to the mountains when I choose. It's the most wonderful freedom. I hope you like seeing these mountains that mean so much to me.
Donna Ridgway
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Other Montana photos on my photo site.

Humorous Mule Photo by Donna Ridgway

As if the spots on this mule weren't enough to see, he turned to look at me and stuck his tongue out. Like a naughty little boy.

We took this photo yesterday, on our photo shoot along the Rocky Mountain Front. You never know what you'll find when you leave home and look for animals and scenery in Montana.
Donna
More photos on my Montana photo site.

"Lip Hanger" painting with horse who's lip is hanging.

When I was a kid, my horse Lucky would take a nap. I'd see him out there in the field with his lip hanging. I'd sneak up on him and take a little pebble and stick it in his bottom lip.

He'd wake up with a snort and flap his bottom lip until the pebble came out. I'd laugh like a fool.

Last night, we sat here watching tv and Robert fell asleep in his chair. I decided since he wasn't talking to me for a bit, I'd go get my colored pencils and take part in the drawing challenge on the EAG forum. I went out to the studio, picked up a piece of canson paper, and grabbed a handful of pencils, without choosing my colors.

Back in the house, I sat down in my chair and began to draw this image posted by Sheri Gordon for the drawing event this week.

I was hurrying to see how much I'd get done in the allotted two hours.

The room was dark, I just had the glow of the tv screen and the computer screen to work by. Didn't want to turn on a light and wake Robert up.

Thinking I had grabbed a light grey to blend with, I went over a huge portion of the shaded side of this image..... I chose silver instead! I could see it glowing when I changed the position of the painting. How funny. A silver horse.

I tried going over the silver, and ended up with a kind of "resist" look to the whole thing.

Spent one hour on it and quit.

Seeing it in the daylight today, and hearing what the other artists commented, I might try to finish this and see what happens with it. There's also a fly on the horse's nose, which I didn't fully develop....If I work on this some more, and it turns out anywhere near decent, I'll post it later.

Kind of funny to work on a painting in the dark and not see what it looks like until morning.
Donna Ridgway

I have reference photos for artist's use on my photo site. And more horse art on my website.

Tail Wind, horse photo.

Tail Wind is the last photo in this set.


We went to a tool sale yesterday and these are a few of the photos we took along the way.
Near Cascade, Mt is St Peter's Mission, or what's left of it. This rock wall was at one time part of the girl's school, built by the Catholic Church to educate Blackfoot children. Late 1800's. You can read about this mission and an exciting lady if you google Stagecoach Mary, Cascade, Mt.

I especially loved the way this broken wall mimicked the shape of the hills in the background.


We went looking for wagons to haul our art work in to shows, and found this turkey! He was so pretty when he fluffed out his feathers.


Easy to see what this is! A Tail Wind! This horse was standing with his rear to the wind and I like the way his tail blew around.

You'll see these photos and more on my photo site. There are photos for artist's reference or simply for your enjoyment.

Donna Ridgway