Figure 1 – Sage, Fresh Pond Resevation, Cambridge, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2015.
These are glorious sultry days, the dog days of summer when the Dog Star, Sirius, rises and the weather can be medicinally hot. People are on vacation; so everything is a little less crowded and maybe just a bit slower. I came upon Max the white dog walker on the path around Fresh Pond, and he was walking a black dog. It was a beautiful dog, a Belgian shepherd named “Sage,” who seemed to know his own beauty. He is a wary fellow and a little aloof. But ever contemplative, he seemed to live up to his name. But after I had given his chin a rub, he decided that I was OK and allowed me both to rub his ears and take his photograph.
Canon T2i with EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens at 70 mm, ISO 1600, Aperture Priority AE mode, 1/800th sec at f/7.1 with -1 exposure compensation.