I was driving throught the Maryland Countryside just enjoying this beautiful Sunday morning when I drove by this pasture and saw the sheep. Pulled over and started taking pictures. At first the sheep were dispersed and eating the clover. I wanted to try to get their attention so I whistled. They looked up, gathered together and all started running towards me. I was amazed!! This was one of the better shots of the group. The image was slightly cropped, sharpened and a slight color enhancement to bring out the green. I used a polarizer filter on my camera.
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Great color....the static composition of the sheep works very nicely against the angles of the scene behind them and they are perfectly placed in the frame from the bottom....very well done....nice detail throughout and excellent exposure.....Not a thing I would change.....perfect.
I hope that this isn't Kon, because he has enough sheep shots. Anyways, the little thing that struck me and made this interesting to me was the dandelions...cool photo.
Nice spring foliage, nice sheep. cropping about 15 to 20 pixels off the top reduces the distraction at the very top. I guess it is just in the nature of sheep to flock closely together. It would have been nice if they had formed a more aesthetic grouping.
What a great mob of sheep? How much did you have to pay them to pose for you like that? I like the picture a lot, but I can imagine it cropped to a panorama format, making the sheep stand out better.
Love the green, it's very vibrant and lush and the blend of yellow flowers makes it very springtime. The sheep are interesting being in a line such as they are, and I like how most of them are not paying attention but the one in the center seems to be staring this way. I'm torn between liking the crop and not liking the crop. A lot can be said for having negative space to give expanse, but I think because it's not just a field and it has bushes/trees and such that I might have preferred to have seen a cropped version with just the field/sheep, which could have helped bring out some of the character and detail of the animals as well.
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