Desert Weyr Blog
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Evening Sheep Check
This is the late evening ewes and lambs check. The hill behind is on the neighbor’s property, and the big one in the far back is BLM land. Prompt: Make a photo that creates depth. Draw the viewer in by choosing an interesting foreground, middle-ground, and background. Continue reading
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The Lambs
I do believe that we are now done lambing. There are still a bunch of ewes left to lamb, but none of them appear to have significant udders. The AI experiment seems to have really messed up their cycles, but if we knew how to make it all work, it wouldn’t be an experiment, would Continue reading
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Framed
This is evening sheep grazing. Prompt: Frame within a frame. Make a photo that uses an element – a window, door, mirror, trees, etc – to frame your main subject. Continue reading
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The Current Lamb Scoreboard
We’re getting close to the end of our possible lambing dates. I sure hope that a few more of these girls produce lambs! Continue reading
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Leading Lines
Here’s some electrical netting with a ewe and her lamb. Prompt: Your viewer’s eye will tend to follow a line. Make a photo that uses leading lines to direct the viewer to your subject. Continue reading
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Lambs, Rambo, and a New Fence
The ewes and lambs are doing well. All of the lambs are of very good quality, but we still have a lot of ewes yet to lamb. Some of the lambs are learning about the electric fences, while others just look cute as they rest. This lamb is Rambo. He is now on mom number Continue reading
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Open Wide
I can’t seem to get a wide open shot, so I settled for open wide. Prompt: Shoot wide open today. Make a creative photo that uses a shallow depth of field to good effect. Continue reading
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This is a close-up of the mortar between the rocks in our fireplace. Prompt: Find the shape of a letter in something around you – architecture, nature, or anything not in print – and make it a photo. Continue reading
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1 Minute Lambs
Barbra, the second ewe to lamb in our second batch, had her lambs resting about one minute outside the house door. Prompt: Constraints can unleash creativity. Walk one minute in any direction, then stop, find a subject, and make a photo. Continue reading
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American As… Rhubarb Pie?
Apples are not in season, but rhubarb is. We traded a couple of pickup loads of sheep manure for some pie, some strawberries, and six jars of jam. Prompt: Make a photo of a flag today, whether national, state, or otherwise. Try to compose it in a unique way. Continue reading