Whenever I stop to photograph wildflowers, trees, streams, cairns or vistas in the forest, my dogs patiently wait nearby, following their noses, until I’m ready to continue our run or hike.
They often end up unexpectedly in the frame of my photo in classic photobombing style.
This fourth installment of dog photobombs carries the sub-theme: Mays Gone By. These photos prove that their photobombing skills go back years, in this case to May of 2016 and 2018 (with one July 2017 photo tossed in for grins and because it was a rare occurrence when a friend came with us and took the photo).
The original dog photobombs post is here, the second installment (sub-theme: fluffbutts) here, and the third installmend (sub-theme whatcha lookin’ at?) is here.
I hope these posts make you smile, just a little. We can all use reasons to smile, right?
Conall enters the scene I’ve carefully composed……and quickly exits stage right.Then Finn ambles through. May 17, 2016.Just me, posing with one of the cairns built to memorialize the girls and…Conall’s tongue. July 4, 2017.Finn, the dog who hates having his photo taken, wanders into my artful framing of tiny, early spring wildflowers alongside the trail. May 1, 2018.More Conall cairn mayhem. May 11, 2018.Finn crashes an Indian paintbrush closeup. Looks like he’s eating them. May 15, 2018.I thought I had achieved a nice landscape shot of a favorite meadow in bloom – despite the dying trees in the distance – until I got home and saw Conall meandering through. May 15, 2018.Look at the delicate, elusive woodland star flower!A study in contrasts: tiny sweet pea flowers and giant dog’s fluffy, dirty belly. May 15, 2018.
Feature photo: delicate ballhead waterleaf flower with ginormous dog feet. May 8, 2018.
I delight in exploring the national forest near my Idaho home on foot, whether trail running, hiking, or xc skiing, with my two dogs by my side, taking photos of nature and wildlife. An author and freelance writer, I love observing and writing about the natural world, and dogs, and am a long-time contributing editor at Bark magazine. I used to practice law for a living. I much prefer the writing life.
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Nice post. I did enjoy the wildflowers, the first picture of the dog’s legs, the picture of you. Actually I enjoyed this post very much and it brought a smile to my face. So good to see a great outing in the woods, no matter the year.
I love the meadow in bloom with Conall in the distance. He looks like he belongs there in that meadow, surrounded by flowers on a beautiful spring day.
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Love these! And such beautiful flower fields…..
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Thanks! Hard to take a bad photo when it’s peak wildflower season 🙂
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The photobombs definitely made me smile 🙂 . And the fields are beautiful!
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Thanks, Robyn!
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Finn has an excellent sense of timing and composition!
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Ha! Maybe that’s Finn’s compromise with the camera, because he hates it when I focus straight on him, always stopping and turning his head away.
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Hahaha! My life is all photo bombs and intrusions now with Marvel in my life. “It’s all about ME, pop!”
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Right? That would be Conall. Finn, on the other hand, is “Don’t point that thing at me!”
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Nice post. I did enjoy the wildflowers, the first picture of the dog’s legs, the picture of you. Actually I enjoyed this post very much and it brought a smile to my face. So good to see a great outing in the woods, no matter the year.
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Thanks, Peggy!
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I love the photo of you and Conall! all of them are lovely and funny.
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Thanks, Martha!
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I love the meadow in bloom with Conall in the distance. He looks like he belongs there in that meadow, surrounded by flowers on a beautiful spring day.
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Thank you! On days like that one I’m usually wishing I could spend all day there, taking gobs of photos 🙂
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Oh my gosh, what fun! Beautiful pics and funny pups! Thanks for the smiles today! Mona
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Love a good pet photobomb!
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You have some expert photo bombers there.
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I do, indeed!
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Beautiful photos with a little laughter included. Thank you for posting this.
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it, more coming soon!
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