17-52 "the watchers"
Agnes: Hey Bruno, what are we up to?
Bruno: Doing our jobs.
Agnes: Oooh, I've always wanted to be a working dog.
Bruno: It intermittently rewarding.
Agnes: But, what is our job?
Bruno: Watching the park.
Agnes: Has the city contracted us? Are we looking for criminals? Are we like police dogs? That's pretty cool.
Bruno: Um, no.
Agnes: Um, no we're not getting contracted by the city? Or Um, no we're not looking for criminals.
Bruno: Um, both.
Agnes: Well then, what are we watching for?
Bruno: Other dogs, people with children, and people eating ice cream.
Agnes: But how is that a job?
Bruno: Sometimes we get paid for it.
Agnes: Really? We get a salary?
Bruno: Not so much. It's more of a complex action and reward algorithm.
Agnes: I think you've lost me.
Bruno: You see, our humans are the employers. And we have negotiated a complex job arrangement. We don't bark at everyone, if we did that it would upset the payers and they wouldn't let outside to do our jobs. Usually a single isolated bark just reminds them that we're working. And most of the time when we bark excessively, we're asked politely to stop so we comply with that. But occasionally if we keep barking and pretend not to hear the employers, they resort to giving us treats to come in the house and be quiet.
Agnes: So, if we only occasionally get paid and it's because we comply and come in the house and stop yelling, isn't our true job being inside and being quiet?
Bruno: Um, no. I forgot to tell you that I once yelled at a suspicious looking dude who came all of the way up to the fence to look in the yard. And then I was told that I was a good boy and was given a whole big cookie. So, after that I'm considering this a job and just negotiating increased reimbursement by increasing opportunity for payment.
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Bruno teaching Agnes the complexities of being a dog in our house. It's truly not that complex but sometimes he either overthinks or underthinks things.
I went a bit excessive in processing this shot. It's a subtle double exposure effect with the second exposure being a copy of the main photo magnified to mainly be the texture from Bruno's fur. I also boosted the exposure and added a bit of a warm glow to the while effect.
17-52 "the watchers"
Agnes: Hey Bruno, what are we up to?
Bruno: Doing our jobs.
Agnes: Oooh, I've always wanted to be a working dog.
Bruno: It intermittently rewarding.
Agnes: But, what is our job?
Bruno: Watching the park.
Agnes: Has the city contracted us? Are we looking for criminals? Are we like police dogs? That's pretty cool.
Bruno: Um, no.
Agnes: Um, no we're not getting contracted by the city? Or Um, no we're not looking for criminals.
Bruno: Um, both.
Agnes: Well then, what are we watching for?
Bruno: Other dogs, people with children, and people eating ice cream.
Agnes: But how is that a job?
Bruno: Sometimes we get paid for it.
Agnes: Really? We get a salary?
Bruno: Not so much. It's more of a complex action and reward algorithm.
Agnes: I think you've lost me.
Bruno: You see, our humans are the employers. And we have negotiated a complex job arrangement. We don't bark at everyone, if we did that it would upset the payers and they wouldn't let outside to do our jobs. Usually a single isolated bark just reminds them that we're working. And most of the time when we bark excessively, we're asked politely to stop so we comply with that. But occasionally if we keep barking and pretend not to hear the employers, they resort to giving us treats to come in the house and be quiet.
Agnes: So, if we only occasionally get paid and it's because we comply and come in the house and stop yelling, isn't our true job being inside and being quiet?
Bruno: Um, no. I forgot to tell you that I once yelled at a suspicious looking dude who came all of the way up to the fence to look in the yard. And then I was told that I was a good boy and was given a whole big cookie. So, after that I'm considering this a job and just negotiating increased reimbursement by increasing opportunity for payment.
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Bruno teaching Agnes the complexities of being a dog in our house. It's truly not that complex but sometimes he either overthinks or underthinks things.
I went a bit excessive in processing this shot. It's a subtle double exposure effect with the second exposure being a copy of the main photo magnified to mainly be the texture from Bruno's fur. I also boosted the exposure and added a bit of a warm glow to the while effect.