Jumping Sheep

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Robin

I meant to share these photos 3 weeks ago. This was from the last time I irrigated.

The sheep were grazing as the ditch filled.

Athletic sheep.

Playing on the Manure Pile

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Robin

Light is fading as I try to get shots of lambs at play.

More Lambs

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Robin

Just photos of lambs in the evening.

Lambs

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Robin

Still trying for that perfect lamb photo. There are either too many lambs in the background/foreground, there is not enough light (lambs love to run around at dusk), there is a lot of clutter in the shot, or I am still not in the right place at the right time.“Fight, fight!”It’s never too young to start.

Lambs

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Robin

I started the last post with a photo of my “lambing board” with two entries. It’s full now……and there is overflow onto another board. I have 72 lambs with 3 more ewes to lamb. Celeste lambed this morning. These lambs are #71 and 72. Most of the others are in the field. That’s no lamb. That’s Puddleduck Petra coming to the barn. You can meet these lambs at our spring open house, Meet the Sheep, Saturday, April 4.

Photographic Challenges

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Robin

This is the year that I am determined to get those perfect jumping lamb photos. I have posted some others here and in other posts. I welcome any advice from you photographers out there. My lens info is at the end of this post. Too darn many lambs in the way.The lambs are most active in the evening when there is lower light. I am shooting with a larger aperture and therefore more shallow depth of field. Notice the lamb in focus is not the one that is jumping. In addition, those black lambs are hard to photograph in detail.

More lambs in the way. Lambs in the way AND depth of field issues. Same problems. And more lambs in the way. Focal length issues again. Lambs facing the wrong way. Focal length and shutter speed issues. I think I got this one on depth of field. Too bad the lamb is facing the wrong way. Sort of OK but needs a faster shutter speed to really get it. Also the black one lying down is distracting. This photo probably has the fewest issues.The running lamb photos have similar challenges. These photos were all taken with my Nikon 40 mm f 2/8 lens to take advantage of the larger aperture but that gives me the more shallow depth of field. My other lens is the 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6. Any recommendations?