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The sheperd and his sheeps


The sheperd and his sheeps
Photo Information
Copyright: Lucian BB (BitterMoon) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 139 W: 54 N: 308] (1441)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2007-07-07
Categories: Daily Life
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Sheep of the World [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-09 0:35
Viewed: 329
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Shepherding is one of the oldest professions, beginning some 6,000 years ago in Asia Minor.Over the next millennia sheep and shepherding spread throughout Eurasia.

In many societies shepherds were an important part of the economy. Unlike farmers, shepherds were often wage earners, being paid to watch the sheep of others. Shepherds also lived apart from society, being largely nomadic. It was mainly a job of solitary males without children, and new shepherds thus needed to be recruited externally. Shepherds were most often the younger sons of farming peasants who did not inherit any land. Still in other societies, each family would have a family member to shepherd its flock, often a child, youth or an elderly who couldn't help much with harder work; these shepherds were fully integrated in society.
Shepherds would normally work in groups either looking after one large flock, or each bringing their own and merging their responsibilities. They would live in small cabins, often shared with their sheep and would buy food from local communities. Less often shepherds lived in covered wagons that traveled with their flocks.

Shepherding developed only in certain areas. In the lowlands and river valleys, it was far more efficient to grow grains and cereals than to allow sheep to graze, thus the raising of sheep was confined to rugged and mountainous areas.

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Picture taken in Fagaras mountains.
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To Dpbours: Higher ISO,f/10-14BitterMoon 3 07-10 03:09
To tomescuc: CristianBitterMoon 1 07-09 23:00
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To faubry: MerciBitterMoon 1 07-09 00:50
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Hello Lucian! Wonderful scene. Nice compostion. Good POV. Very good capture. Original work. Good luck!

  • Great 
  • ninaL Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 244 N: 1902] (15895)
  • [2008-07-09 0:39]
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Helo, Luciano.
Very nostalgic scene for me, I've got some childhood memories about this kind of pictures...
Goood composition.
Best regards. Grazyna.

buna Lucian, frumos paisaj aici, buna compozitie cu oie, imi place alb su negru. bravo
francine

  • Great 
  • jasmis Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2906 W: 618 N: 3201] (38989)
  • [2008-07-09 1:02]

Fine rural scenery. Amazing presentation in B&W.
Regards.

hi lucian,
this is great shot, full of nostalgia. Excellent composition and perfect moment to capture such place and such scene.
i tried a ws to increase the contrast and the sharpness of the scene.
regards

didier

?????? i can't add WS.......

Bine compusa scena, imi place paleta de nuantse AN. O imagine tipic romaneasca, are un "timeless quality".
noroc,
CT

Hi Lucian,

In the Netherlands they more and more use sheep to cut the grass in public places. Looks much nicer than the electric grass cutters and is energy efficient. Good note!!

It's a nice composition, but it feels too soft to me. I'm wondering why you didn't take a higher iso, so you could go to f/10-14 or something in that range.

Greetings! Dennis

no' zaua' buna la bade shi la catzal.se vede ca o fo' culturalizat fain acest bace de cand cu capitala ieuropeana.

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