Plastic cow
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: take a picture, ensure a cow is in the picture, and it will be a good picture. I think the same holds true for this, une Vache française en plastique.
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Eschenberg Cow
Continuing to demonstrate the universal truth that it is impossible to take a bad snap of a good cow, I can’t tell you whether this cow self-identifies as an Eschenberg cow. But I can tell you I took this snap during my daily 15 km Nordic Walk in the forests of Winterthur, in a spot […]
French cow
Since the times of the Holy Roman Empire scholars have continued to ask whether it is possible to take a bad photograph of a good cow – and despite the best efforts of the finest religious scholars and philosophers, the answer is – always – time and time again – a resounding NO! I took […]
Liechtensteiner Cow
Is a bad snap of a good cow even thinkable? Hardly! I took this snap of a cow relaxing in Liechtenstein while doing the so-called Drei Schwestern-Steig, a famous hiking trail leading to a set of three magnificent peaks (well, I was doing the hike, not the cow): And here is a nice snap of […]
Doubs Cows
There’s a very famous French saying, and in fact it is so famous the the young French schoolchildren memorize this from a very early age: Vous ne pouvez pas prendre une mauvaise photo d’une bonne vache. I caught made this snap while driving deep, deep within the Doubs countryside of France:
Cow line
You can’t take a bad photograph of a good cow, and that even holds true for a whole line of cows! I took this snap just outside of Winterthur: I’m not an expert on cows, but I read something interesting: although they are herd animals, indeed there are “alpha” cows, and in group situations they […]
Attack of the cows
Even if when threatening to attack you, good cows make for good photographs: I simply stopped to take a snap during my daily 15 km Nordic walk through the Winterthur hillside, when not only this cow but all of her sisters started running towards me. Since there was only a very thin single strand of […]
Gruyères cow
A mathematician would say it like this: If C is the set of all good cows, and B is the set of all bad photographs, then the intersection of C and B is the empty set. But it is easier to just look and see, as I tried to catch the combined emotions of satisfaction […]
Gruyères cows
It is a physical impossibility to capture a bad photograph of a genuinely good cow, as this snap of many cows relaxing in the Swiss Gruyères countryside shows. They are very content in the knowledge that although their babies may now be Züri Geschnetzeltes, soon their milk will Switzerland’s most famous brand of cheese:
Appenzell Cow
Even in the very rural Swiss country of Appenzell, try as you might, you just can’t take a bad photograph of a good cow:
Cubbon Road Cows
Good cows, bad picture – I hardly think it’s possible. Here’s a snap of a few cows enjoying a quiet moment outside of Bangalore’s Cubbon Park. Although it happened rarely, it did happen from time to time: cows are herd animals, so if given the chance they will spontaneously come together and form a herd. […]
Räterschen Cow
No mystery here. It’s difficult to take a bad photograph of a good cow.
Augusta Raurica and the descendants of Roman cows
Augusta Raurica is an incredible archaeological site that’s well worth a visit to anyone in the Basel area of northern Switzerland. In a nutshell, Augusta Raurica is an ancient Roman town, together with a number of impressive roman artifacts – including even an amphitheater and coliseum – that was for the most part, amazingly, discovered […]
Garuda Cow
Try if you want, but you just can’t take a bad snap of a good cow! I found this cow grazing on a tiny patch of grass just outside of the Garuda Mall in Bangalore:
Mysore Cow
You can try if you want, but you just can’t take a bad photograph of a good cow! This is a cow that I came across in a village just outside of Mysore, in Southern India: Interestingly, I never stopped to think about it until now, but I really don’t know about how the rope […]
Srirangapatna Cow
It’s impossible to take a bad snap of a good cow. In a recent blog post I discussed Srirangapatna. While here, I came across this cow while exploring this area of Southern India,
The amazing Carthusian Cows of Switzerland
It’s impossible to take a bad picture of a good cow! These cows are just outside a former Carthusian Monastery located in the North Swiss countryside near Ittingen: The Carthusian Order is the strictest of all the Catholic monastic orders, so it’s only fitting that these cows lead lives of quiet contemplation.
Jaisalmer Cow
You can’t take a bad picture of a good cow! This cow looks a bit self-content, and that’s probably because she lives in Jaisalmer. As of 2017, Jaisalmer tops my list of the most incredible place I’ve ever visited. It is a very rural village deep within the Great Thar Desert of India – nothing modern […]
Austrian Cow
You just can’t take a bad picture of a good cow! I took this photo in the foothills of the Austrian Alps: I have no idea why her ears were sticking out like that, but it was an usually hot day – perhaps extended ears help the cow to keep cool?
Happy Cow
You just can’t take a bad photograph of a good cow! This one is very happy because she is standing on the steps of the Chamundeshwari Temple.
Happy Cows
It’s hard to take a bad photograph of a good cow! These cows are relaxing just outside the ultra affluent town of Gstaad, deep in the Bernese Oberland. Most likely the few square meters of ground they are laying on is worth more than my apartment! The world’s most expensive boarding school is located here […]
Cow
You just can’t take a bad photograph of a good cow! This one walked down a long narrow street in Mysore, stopped briefly to look at me, then turned and continued along his way. Unbelievable. I hope he was successful in whatever he was trying to achieve.
Des buffles d’eau se reposent
I took this snap near the top of Chamundi Hill in Mysore. Like most places in India since I left in 2008 it’s changed – a lot.
Entreprises horlogères suisses: Omega
I am by no means a fancy watch person – but this place has a little showroom, open to the public, where you can see one example of every watch this place makes. I literally spent 30 minutes looking at the watches – an absoluting amazing, amazing experience. (Well, it was pleasant for me. Inside […]
Only in Switzerland
OK, probably not only in Switzerland. But certainly in Switzerland. An automatic vending machine at the main train station in Gstaad that sells so-called “Alp-Cheese,” a very special type of cheese that is by law required to be made from the milk of cows that graze at very high altitudes in the Swiss Alps: It’s […]