Category: Sheep
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Symmetry
Kona has nearly-perfectly-matching horns. It’s too bad he doesn’t like to pose very well. Prompt: Symmetry can be calm and soothing. Make a photo today featuring symmetry, either in subject or in composition. (@logista) Continue reading
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Dark Sheep
The ewes and lambs are petitioning for fresh grass. Prompt: Make a low-key proto today with lots of dark areas. You might need to use exposure compensation to make it work. Continue reading
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Wide Pasture
This is our view out the back pasture. Sheep are grazing in the background, but they’re hard to see. All the recent rains have really helped the grass. Prompt: Make a photograph using a wide focal length. Zoom, prime, and iPhone cameras all qualify for going wide today. Continue reading
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Off to Wales!
While Ken stayed home to care for the farm, I headed off to Wales again to continue my judge training. The goal is to become an approved judge for Black Welsh Mountain sheep eventually. My journey started with an uneventful flight from Grand Junction to Dallas. Next, I flew overnight from Dallas to London Heathrow,… Continue reading
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Weather and Grass at Great Tre Rhew
At Great Tre Rhew Farm, I helped move sheep across a grazed field onto new pastures. The grass is sparse because there hasn’t been nearly enough rain this year in that part of Wales. As a farmer, I know weather is one of the most important parts of my life. These ewes are mules and… Continue reading
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Beautiful Pasture
It figures. The one day I really wanted a nice Mt. Lamborn shot, it’s been cloudy all day! Fortunately, the most beautiful sight is a pasture with plenty of feed and a flock of happy sheep. Prompt: Beauty is all around us. Make a photo of some naturally occurring beauty in your area today. Continue reading
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Yoda the Sheep and Pasture
Yoda looks particularly majestic today. He’s doing well for an old sheep. He’s in the front pear orchard pasture with a few other sheep. Continue reading
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Yoda the Sheep
This is Yoda, our pet wether. He is now an elderly sheep at 9 years of age. He was a bottle baby and was destined to be someone’s pet, but they never came to get him. By then, he was too much a part of our lives to put him in the freezer. Now he… Continue reading
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Summer Pasture, Rambo, and Rambutt
It’s time for late summer grazing. The bare patch in the pasture is where we burned the prunings this year. I need to find a different way to deal with the pruning debris, because it hurts the pasture when we burn it. Here are Rambo and his buddy Rambutt. Rambutt is the one looking at… Continue reading
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Soft Wool & Hard Bark
Rambo the bottle lamb is sleeping, and his buddy Rambutt is watching me. Prompt: Make a photograph that emphasizes a change in texture: smooth/rough, soft/hard, shiny/dull, etc. Continue reading