Category: Sheep
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Ram Horn
This is one of our rams. I was not as happy with the focus on this as with my other shots, but I liked the composition best. He’s giving me the evil sheep eye – we gave them wormer today, and it tastes bad. Prompt: Focus on a fragment of an object today. Make a… Continue reading
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Rambo
Rambo the bottle baby is doing great. He comes up for his bottle, then races back to his buddy and sheep mom. Ken is his dinner provider, though. He’s doing well for being flat when he first came out! Continue reading
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Moving Sheep and New Hay
We moved the sheep to the other side of the orchard today. Unfortunately, we discovered at the same time that the very new lambs can climb back through the divider fence. We managed to get them all over, but it was a bit of a challenge. Hay is finally being delivered. Our cold spring made… Continue reading
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Dinner Time
One of the new lambs is getting a quick drink. Prompt: Leave something out today. Be visually brief. Shoot tight. Make a photo that’s direct and to the point. Continue reading
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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