"... Que se abra cancha el caudillo

con las púas como gallo

y los baguales con callo

del bocáo sobr’el colmillo…

Le saco el cuerpo al cuchillo,

tranquilo paro el hachazo,

a las mujeres… abrazos

- hijo de bárbara escuela -

a los baguales… a espuela,

y a los malos… a ponchazos..."

Fragmento de "modestia a parte", de Wenceslao Varela

Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com/

Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay

By far my most favorite picture ever taken..

# 40 ranking of the year "doka"group" thank you all !!!!!!

Camera: Sony DSLR-A200

Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)

Aperture: f/7.1

Focal Length: 40 mm

ISO Speed: 200

I'm starting to see a few odes flying around here. This is another one from the archives, cropped a little tighter to show more detail.

Taken this spring at the Genius Preserve in Winter Park, Florida.

March 2008

Canon Digital Rebel and Canon 75-300.

IView On BlackI

MY NeW LiViNG RooM

look HeRe for more infos of this wonderful place.

wish you all a wonderful week.

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Tramonto in località Tinnari. Costa N.O. della Gallura.

The first one is in available light and the next ones are with flash.First one was shot with Tamron 70-300 telemacro and the next two are shot with Sigma 50mm macro.All taken handheld.

E-X-P-L-O-R-E-D

The ships on the picture are part of the shipping museum next door. In the background you can see the Atlantic Sails Hotel and the Mediteraneo shopping center.

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Earlier today, we attender another fortheloveofbrooklyn meet up in Gowanus. I was really surprised that there was about 20 people that turned out, compared to about 6 last month. So I wanted to try something new and do a pano of the entire group. Not sure how great the results are but hey, its something.

I've tagged everyone I know, so if you want to help out and tag yourself/someone I don't know, be my guest.

Bigger

And I get to the place where I'm begging for a lift

• Fiona Apple •

this is part 1 of my 4 seasons series..

spring, summer and fall will be coming soon..

i haven't thought up of them yet..

this series is inspired by a great russian photographer Oleg Igorin... he is the man ! and i say he has gained my attention as an industry standard.

this shot was done in a parking garage with 3 speed lights.. and a single alien bee strobe AB1600..

i had the glitter cross lighted by 2 speedlights gelled with blue and green.. the green wasn't showing up too well..

anyways.. it is a project i have been thinking of doing for awhile and hadn't had a chance.. but last night presented it self..

1 speed light in the rear and a shoot thru for the wall and partial side lighting

2 speed lights for the cross lighting..

1 AB 1600 for the key light 64PLM was used.

all speed lights were full power

the AB1600 was just below 1/4 power being it was really close to Katie

lots of glitter was use.. LOL.. really fun shot..

Camera:Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Exposure:0.006 sec (1/160)

Aperture:f/9.0

Focal Length:85 mm

ISO Speed:500

Exposure Bias:0 EV

Flash:Off, Did not fire

THIS PHOTO GOT PUBLISHED SEE IT HERE !!!!!!!!!

set up shots here

photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=836257

spring shot here Aurielle ~ 4 Seasons ~ The Beauty of Spring

summer shot here Kate ~ 4 Season ~ Summer Dream

fall shot here Aurielle ~ 4 Seasons ~ The Splendor of Fall

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Candid shot in Nice - French Riviera

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"Lord Jesus, be the King and Ruler of my heart, mind, life, and home. May my life reflect your meekness and humility that you may be honored as the King of glory!"

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After the Thurs-Fri snowstorm. I think the full moon washed out the reflection on the water a little bit. Going to find something else to study now. Last Brooklyn Bridge shot for a while.

Single exposure, 18mm, 78s, ISO 200, f/13

Huge 2000-pixel-wide version.

Today I have been driving back to my hometown, the places where I have grown up. There comes a time in the year when I can really smell in the air the taste of spring coming up, and this was the day. I went there to take pictures of the sunset (which actually I did some), but on the other side of the horizon, I hesitated in front of an unexpected moonrise. It looked gorgeous, as the air was very clear. That awesome moon, floating on the top of my long-known hills, still lit by the last sunrays, started to pour a river of memories into my mind. I could not stop the superposition of fragments of those memories, just at random… the cans of cheap beer barely hidden and the first cigarettes stolen from our parents, the many dreams about our future lives and what we would have become, the first challenges of love, no worries about tomorrow and the uncertainty about the present time.

Tonight, for a handful of minutes, I felt again the same, just until the sun faded finally behind me.

Dedicated to all of those who look in depth at the details

PS: By the way, I don't smoke (anymore) but still like beer :) It helps to remember...

Oggi sono tornato nella mia città natale, i luoghi dove sono cresciuto. Arriva un momento, durante l’anno, in cui riesco veramente a sentire il profumo della primavera, nell’aria, e oggi era proprio quel giorno. Sono andato a fare fotografie del tramonto (e qualcuna in effetti l’ho scattata), ma dall’altra parte dell’orizzonte ho esitato davanti ad un inatteso sorgere di luna. Era impressionante, per l’aria molto tersa. Quella fantastica Luna, che galleggiava sopra alle mie colline note da sempre e illuminate ancora dagli ultimi barlumi di sole, mi riversava nella mente un fiume di ricordi. Non potevo arginare la caotica sovrapposizione di frammenti di memorie… Le lattine di birra a basso costo a malapena celate e le prime sigarette rubate ai genitori, i molti sogni sulle nostre vite future e su quello che saremmo diventati da grandi, le prime sfide dell’amore, la spensieratezza per il domani e l’incertezza del presente.

Stasera, per una manciata di minuti, ho provato esattamente quelle stesse cose, ancora una volta, fin quando il sole è finalmente tramontato dietro di me.

Dedicato a tutti coloro che guardano i dettagli in profondità

A proposito, non fumo (più) ma non dico di no ad una birra :) aiuta a ricordare...

Thanks to Michigan J. Frog

Have a great weekend!!

"SALAM MAULIDUR RASUL"

Hayati kehebatan & keunggulan pemimpin agung sepanjang zaman ini!"

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين

Al-Quran | Ar-Ra'd | Ayat 2:

"Allah is He who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; is firmly established on the Throne (of authority); He has subjected the sun and the moon (to His Law)! Each one runs (its course) for a term appointed. He doth regulate all affairs, explaining the Signs In detail, that ye may believe with certainty In the meeting with your Lord."

"Allah jualah yang menjadikan langit terangkat tinggi dengan tiada bertiang sebagaimana yang kamu melihatnya, kemudian Ia bersemayam di atas Arasy; dan Ia memudahkan matahari dan bulan (untuk faedah makhluk-makhlukNya) tiap-tiap satu dari keduanya beredar untuk suatu masa yang telah ditetapkan. Allah jualah yang mentadbirkan segala urusan; ia menerangkan tanda-tanda kekuasaannya satu-persatu, supaya kamu yakin kepada pertemuan Tuhan kamu (untuk menerima balasan)."

About The Shot | Sunrise at Kg. Nakhoda, Gombak.

This was captured during my outing with Buyie and KLNO Group to Taman Rimba Ampang. Shot moment ni ketika dalam perjalanan nak bertemu dengan sahabat2 KLNO Group di Ampang.

Location, Date & Time:

Kg. Nakhoda, Gombak | 7 February 2010 | 7:23am (+8GMT)

Canon EOS 500D + Kitlens:

EXIF here!

Photoshop CS4:

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- As usual; watermark and framing editing!

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the dog of a street artists ...

çoçuktuk gözleri gülen

Güleç yüzlü ve toz pembeydi dedirten

Ne olduda büyüdük biz ?

Öğrendik Hasedi, Kirlenmeyi

Oysa ne oyunlar oynardık masumca

Büyüdük değişmedi sandık, oynadık yine

Ama bu sefer biraz haince !

Hani yarım ekmek arası mutlu ederdi bizi

Şimdi ne değişti sofralar yetmedi ?

Biz büyüdük diyemi dünya kirlendi

Yoksa Büyüdüğümüzdemi öğrendik zaten dünya kirliydi !

Ali AYDOĞMUŞ 17:38 17/02/10

Dati Tecnici

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a) Hasselblad 503CWi + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 150mm f. 4,0 CFI;

b) Tempo 1/125s con apertura a f.8,0 su stativo Manfrotto;

c) Lettura Esposimetrica Angolo 1° con Sekonic DualSpot F-L-778 (effettuate 6 misurazioni con metodo del Sistema Zonale di Ansel Adams);

d) Negativo Agfa APX 25 Asa;

e) Scansione con Agfa Duoscan T2500 Pro su supporto mobile orizzontale (porta SCASI);

f) 1°/a Post-Produzione Corel Photo-Paint X5 e Adobe Photoshop CS3;

g) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2.

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Mio breve Curriculum Vitae: - My Brief Curriculum Vitae:

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Immagine tratta dal Racconto Reportage ”Volti e Usanze della gente Siciliana”

”Un racconto reportage che è stato effettuato nei paesi, borgate, casolari e contrade nell’entroterra Siciliana allo scopo di far conoscere le usanze, i modi, le attività sociali e culturali, della bellissima Sicilia”

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Image from the story Reportage ”Faces and Customs of the people of Sicily"

"A narrative report that was made in the villages, hamlets, farmhouses and inland districts of Sicily in order to know the customs, manners, social and cultural activities, beautiful Sicily"

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24° Concorso Fotografico Nazionale “San Martino D’Oro"

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Titolo del Concorso “Il Colle degli Ulivi” anno 1996

Patrocinato dall’Associazione Pro Loco di Rigomagno (Siena)

Patrocinato dall’Assessorato ai Beni Culturali di Siena

Patrocinato dal Comune di Rigomagno

Patrocinato dalla Fiaf 96M10 (Federazione Italiana Associazioni Fotografiche)

Sezione di Partecipazione “Tema stampe B&W”

Partecipazione con l’opera fotografica “La Colazione”

Risultato conseguito con “Primo Premio Ex Equo con Medaglia D'Oro”

I think I'm obsessed with photography now!!

I am just putting this pic of me up for a wee while so you can have a good belly laugh at the lenghts I go to sometimes to get a photograph. Later the water came up to my knees and inside the wellies but still couldn't leave till dark!

Obviously this image was taken by my friend Klarens

Visit Klarens wonderful photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/33945934@N08/

This is what makes me happy, moments like this

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♪♫ ♪♫Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ♪♫ ♪♫

Dear Friends and Contacts I will be away AWAY from March 31st for about a week !!

Visit my Blog

Martha MGR's Blog

West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, 2009

Panorama of two shots made with the old Panasonic FZ50, stitched in Photoshop. Cokin 2-stop GND Filter has been used to capture more dynamic range.

Have a great weekend!

I am your Circumference - around you, here or not.

ILooK CLoSeR oN iT oN BLaCKI

HaPPY GoRGeouS GReeN THuRSDaY !

Finally we got a little sun here.

The temperatures are not really cold, but also not very springlicious.

I went through my archive this week and look, a damselfly.

I can not wait to see them flying again in my hood.

There is a texture over the original image. For this I want to thank my friend les brumes, merci ma chère ,.-)))

Play it loud……..

♪♪♫ L I S T e N ♪♪♫♪♪♫

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Desde una cumbre sin nombre, a 2170 metros, al este de la meseta de Malonehue, una vista general de este pequeño rincón patagónico en Chile central.

Neil Young: Big green country

View On Black y Grande, te dicen...

Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.

Essa foto foi feita entre as praias de Cachoeira de Bom Jesus e Ponta das Canas.

Veja a localização no MAPA.

Sunrise at the Golden Gate Bridge - Marin County, California

Today was another rare morning.... Normally I don't see high clouds and low fog, but it happened today, and again it made for some unique lighting conditions. As it did yesterday, the fog moved out from inside the bay. A contact of mine, Stargazer95050 was lucky enough to capture yesterday mornings fog event, and clued me in on why the fog moves out, and not in during the winter months. I am not a weather scientist in any way, so I wont even try to explain this one. Thanks Andy for the info....

So I think this will be the last of these foggy mornings for a little while..... Thanks for the views and comments..... I appreciate the time everyone takes to view my images. Thank you!

View my stream on black here

Canon 5D MarkII

Lens: EF 70-200 f/4L

Exposure: 75

Aperture: f/11.0

Focal Length: 94 mm

ISO Speed:100

No filters

I was in Brooklyn over the weekend for a pizza tour with some visiting friends. This was taken in DUMBO. Did you know that DUMBO is an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass? I just found out that SoHo stood for South of Houston Street and Tribeca means Triangle Below Canal Street! Haha I guess NYC loves acronyms as much as my old company does.

It was pretty cold that day and you can see that the snow has not melted yet. We are getting some more fresh snow today. I like this shot because I thought the graffiti van really fit in with the nitty gritty feel of this area.

More on the pizza tour later~

a break from my seascapes/landscapes --- here's a photo of my son Jed taken last year.

Hello everyone! Thanks for your views, comments, notes, faves and invites!

Mölndal Falls is the origin of Mölndal Kvarnby. Already in the Middle Ages used water power to drive mills and in the late 1800s Kvarnbyn developed into one of Sweden's major industrial areas. Paper industry, textile industry dominated. The old factory building now houses the companies, museums, craft and artistic activities. The area's real character is still there. This bustling with new life and annual events with the culture and business in cooperation.

caught me off guard.

14 Feb 10.

I was strolling down the beach and chanced upon this odd looking tree. At that moment, I knew I found love. It is truly special that I spotted this on Valentine's Day although I don't celebrate it.

Explored | February 14, 2010 #14

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I am used to seeing the most beautiful skies from the kitchen window, and this evening was no exception.

In the meadow the effect was just the same, deep pink clouds, layers of blue sky and little 'puffs' of pink cloud.

The oak tree in the meadow is in the central line of vision, so I had no alternative but to include it.

Taken this evening at roughly 5.30pm in the Lune Valley.

This is a repost, dedicated to (Neil Armstrong) , first man on the moon

The first song I could think of was: Rocket Man

Have you ever imagined how our satellite would show up from the window of a spaceship? This picture shows how the naked eye would see from just a few dozen thousand kms instead of the usual 380,000. A Newtonian telescope with 2500 mm focal length has been used

Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano

La luna al naturale (Dedicata a Neil Armstrong)

Questa foto è un repost, dedicato a (Neil Armstrong) , primo uomo sulla luna.

Mi viene in mente questa canzone...: Rocket Man

Avete mai immaginato come apparirebbe affascinante il nostro satellite dal finestrino di un'astronave? Questa immagine mostra quello che l'occhio nudo vedrebbe ad alcune decine di migliaia di km invece dei normali 380.000. Per questa foto, è stata utilizzata una focale di 2500 mm di un telescopio Newton.

Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano

"...Fui conhecendo as estâncias,

o dono, a marca e o sinal,

churrasco que já tem sal,

guaiaca que tem dinheiro,

cavalo que é caborteiro

e o jujo que me faz mal..."

Fragmento de "Gaudério", de Joao da Cunha Vargas

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Seagull 4A103 TLR

Marang, Terengganu, Malaysia.

IMuCH BeTTeR oN BLaCKI

MiSS Me MY FRieNDS

thank you all for your kind comments, invites and emails, my friends.

Time is coming I will be back, my internet connection is not the best, so you will not see me the following weeks to often on your stream.

also dawn is here and my life changes a lot at the moment.

all is fine, thank you..........

miss me like I miss you.

from time to time you will see some shots from my journey towards the dawn, like this one.

the fountain is in basel, switzerland.

very typical with the basilisk.

hope you like it

big big thank you to all of you

dance and.......

♪♪♫ L I S T e N ♪♪♫♪♪♫

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Marin Headlands - Marin County, California

Searching, and cleaning the hard drive, I found this one... I made this on the last day of 2009, but forgot it even existed. The color wasn't that great out on this sunrise, so I decided to go minimal.

View my stream on black here

Canon 5D Mark II

Lens: EF 17-40 f/4L

B+W ND110 (10 stop solid ND)

Lee .9 hard edge GND

Exposure: 541

Aperture: f/13.0

Focal Length: 40 mm

ISO Speed:100

London can be a fantastic place for a walk, and for me some of the best walks are by the river - and when we are talking about the Thames this covers a huge area of quite varied scenery. You can go for the greener banks in the west around Richmond, the more urban parts of Westminster and the South Bank, or in this photograph the walk east of the Tower Bridge towards Greenwich.

Explored 11/2/10, Thanks for the visit, comments and faves! One more day and it's the weekend again:-) Have a great Friday!

This is much better LARGE On Black

another fake reflection :)

If you are interested in buying my work, I sell them through Redbubble.com.

I only have a limited selection posted. If there's one you like that is not posted there, let me know which one and I can add it for purchase.

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Just got around to editing a shot from last weekend. Drove to the ocean to shoot with the usual posse, little m, rachel (formerly known as cherry pixel), vinny (dj vinny's pics) & aaron reed. Lance McCoy (McCoy352) and his son Cole also met us there. Very non-eventful as far as color goes so focused on capturing some wave action. I long for some colorful skies again. This is the famous Ruby Beach on the Wa coast. Going to bed now after a long and busy weekend. Thanks for stopping by and I will catch up with you all tomorrow :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQOxy-3B1U&feature=related

Dieser Link ist in Deutschland nicht mehr gültig - daher ein spanischer :-)

www.goear.com/listen/f0948fc/island-bonnie-tyler

Manchmal begeben wir uns auf eine einsame Insel - in unser Innerstes. Schön, diesen Ort zu kennen und immer wieder zu finden.

XLIII

Wie ich dich liebe? Laß mich zählen wie.

Ich liebe dich so tief, so hoch, so weit,

als meine Seele blindlings reicht, wenn sie

ihr Dasein abfühlt und die Ewigkeit.

Ich liebe dich bis zu dem stillsten Stand,

den jeder Tag erreicht im Lampenschein

oder in Sonne. Frei, im Recht, und rein

wie jene, die vom Ruhm sich abgewandt.

Mit aller Leidenschaft der Leidenszeit

und mit der Kindheit Kraft, die fort war, seit

ich meine Heiligen nicht mehr geliebt.

Mit allem Lächeln, aller Tränennot

und allem Atem. Und wenn Gott es gibt,

will ich dich besser lieben nach dem Tod.

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1908 (Übersetzung)

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Sonnets from The Portuguese - XLIII

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barret-Browning, 1850

IBiG DRaMa oN BLaCKI

TGiF!

Oh yes, after a very warm day yesterday, winter got back in this region of planet earth.

Fog and rain and even the cold came back, maybe snow later?

Wish you all a wonderful Friday.

And Jason, this tune is for you………..

♪♪♫ L I S T e N ♪♪♫♪♪♫

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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black

Heck cattle were developed in the early 20th century by the Heck brothers in Germany in an attempt to breed back modern cattle to their ancestral form, the aurochs. Lutz Heck, director of the Berlin Zoological Gardens, began extensive breeding programs supported by the Nazis during World War II to bring back the aurochs. The reconstructed aurochs fitted into the Nazi propaganda drive to create an idyllic history of the Aryan Nation. The breeding back is a controversial procedure in the scientific community: once a genetic lineage is gone, it cannot be bred back. Only 39 of the crossed cattle survived World War II. A Heck bull should be at least 1.6 m high and a cow 1.4 m with weight up to 900 kg. Heck cattle are twenty to thirty centimeters shorter than the aurochs they were bred to resemble. However, cross-breeding efforts continue to increase the size and weight of the breed. The Heck cattle development which is seen by some as competition to the conservation of the surviving native Wisent European Bison. Nevertheless, in view of today's farm breeding programs, the Heck cattle represent an important source of vital genes since ther Heck cattle are rarely affected by diseases than any other old farm breeds. Heck cattle are considered by some the most suitable cattle breed for low intensity grazing systems in certain types of nature reserves, due to their ruggedness and lack of need for human care. There are about 3000 Heck cattle in Europe and few elsewhere. In Oostvaardersplassen in Flevoland near Lelystad Netherlands, there are about 570 Heck cattle freely roaming without human interference.

I only noticed the tall shadows viewing it from a hill. When you're standing in the shadows you don't notice it anymore. I captured it a bit under exposed which brings the shadow much more alive! Photo of Heck cattle in the harsh winter taken at the Dutch nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen between Almere and Lelystad. I did enter the park at the Kottertocht entrance. It is hard to survive the winter. All animals are kept without supplemental winter feeding. In the last 2009 winter 2% of Heck cattle, 7% of Konik horses and 11% of Red deer died due to the cold winter. Many deer already crossed the frozen water in search for food. Some horses were stucked due to their weight did crush the too thin ice. These konik horses where consuming the fibres of tree trunks, because food is very hard to find, although it is not there daily nutrition. Especially when there is deep snow, lack of food causes starvation among the weak and the strongest will survive . So the survival of the fittest keeps the herds strong and healthy. Also Foxes, which are quite common in this reserve, profit from carcasses of deer, cows and birds in winter. Maybe in future a pack of Wolves could do a great job as natural predators in this part of Holland.

De gebroeders Heck stelden zich in de jaren '20 van de 20e eeuw vanuit een romantische insteek ten doel om een runderras te creëren dat gelijkstond aan de oeros, het oorspronkelijke rund waar al onze runderrassen van afstammen, maar dat in de zeventiende eeuw zelf is uitgestorven. Hoewel deze methode van terugfokken omstreden was en is binnen de wetenschappelijke wereld en dan ook niet alle kenmerken van het oeros terug werden verkregen, komen in het Heckrund wel veel kenmerken terug die in de gedomesticeerde koe weggeselecteerd zijn. Ze werden gefokt uit de oorspronkelijkste runderrassen die in Europa nog te vinden waren, zoals het Corsicaans bergrund, de Spaanse vechtstier, de Schotse hooglander en het Hongaars stepperund. Van het fokprogramma overleefden 39 dieren de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Daarna waren ze lange tijd vergeten tot in de jaren '80 de Heckrunderen werden herontdekt als landschapsbeheerders, die grote grazers een grote rol toekent in het openhouden van het landschap. Sindsdien is de belangstelling voor de beesten sterk gestegen en is hun aantal van 88 in 1980 gegroeid tot zo'n 2000 tot 3000 stuks nu. Het Heckrund wordt veel gebruikt voor begrazing van natuurgebieden. Zij kunnen het hele jaar buiten lopen en hebben weinig zorg nodig. In weiden die toegankelijk zijn voor het publiek is het Heckrund niet zo geslaagd; in tegenstelling tot bijvoorbeeld de Schotse hooglander duldt hij geen mensen te dicht bij zich in de buurt. Omdat de spijsvertering van het Heckrund efficiënt is produceert hij minder methaangas en is de consistentie van de mest veel vaster. De kalveren zijn relatief klein waardoor ze makkelijk ter wereld komen. Het duurt relatief lang voordat een Heckrund geslachtsrijp is. In Nederland loopt hij rond hier in de Oostvaardersplassen en op de slikken van Flakkee.