Chiaroscuro Cattle

Early this last week, the low angle of the sun made for some chiaroscuro lighting -- a type of back light that rims something or someone -- of the cattle. I had tried to sneak up on our beloved bovines, to catch them as they lay in the grass, fat, happy, back-lit and chewing.

I didn't land the shot I had hoped for, but the one that caught my attention was this one:

Our wide-eyed Charolais heifer has become an amazing mama cow.