Wooliness Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

The morning sun penetrates the mist. The mist creates an atmosphere of fuzzy wooliness. And of course my woolly friends here should be addressed as "Your Wooliness".
Pocket Oxford Dictionary: Woolgathering -absent-minded(ness),dreamy(mood)
woolsack - Lord Cancellor's wool-stuffed seat in the House of Lords, his position.
So you see, all you sheep photo detractors, they really aren't so boring; but anyway sheep are entitled to have their photo taken too!

dta, holmertz, Wanda1, saxo042, tyro, rigoletto, trekks, Kielia, Cretense, papera has marked this note useful

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dta (4682) 2009-10-19 7:41

Hello Bev ,
I like a lot sheeps , and these ones are superb , in this misty atmosphere . Misty , but with a gentle little light .
An excellent capture .

Adrian_S (582) 2009-10-19 8:14

Hello Bev!

Don't know why, buy I find this picture pretty creepy. Reminds me of the film "silence of the lams".

But, just like the movie, I like the photo, especially how you managed to draw their attention. Good quality of colors, sharpness and framing.

Have a great week
Adrian

wolf38 (12565) 2009-10-19 8:19

Hello Bev. A wonderful photo of the season. It is full of light and atmosphere. Excellent. Best regards, Wolfgang.

holmertz (9430) 2009-10-19 9:34

Hello Bev,
What an incredible weather you had that day. These sheep look quite dignified as they pose for you. But again it's the mist and the magical colours of the filtered sunrays that attract me the most.
Kind regards,
Gert

Wanda1 (10917) 2009-10-19 9:39

Hi Bev,
I like how you have several of them looking at you and others fading into the pastel tinted mist, a lovely pastoral scene.
Regards
Wanda

yaya13baut (2257) 2009-10-19 10:16

hi Bev,
good atmosphere here in this misty field with this morning light.
nice "portrait" of these sheeps, I like the ones on the foreground that look at you with curiosity.
Yannis

yquem46 (7802) 2009-10-19 10:28

I like this foggy though luminous atmosphere
The sun coming through the fog gives to the scenery a peculiar color
Well done Bev
best regards
patrick

saxo042 (15354) 2009-10-19 13:11

Hi Bev,
The light conditions here and the soft colours in this misty landscape are quite fabulous. There is a clear impressionistic mood here, this is a very attractive picture, in many ways.
Kind regards
Gunnar

archimatica (13220) 2009-10-19 14:50

Great!
Seems a situation out of the time and of the world.
The atmosphere is really as the pc play "Mist".
Best regards
Renzo

lousat (15202) 2009-10-19 15:55

Aaaah! What a fantastic foggy atmosphere! I like a lot this kind of pics,and this is very great,the animals seems pose for you,impressive composition and beautiful light too.My best compliments,have a nice day,Luciano

AROBN54 (10721) 2009-10-19 18:17

Oh, Bev, I LOVE sheep photos..LOL (Does that mean I'm boring??) That morning light and the soft colors are just awesome, though. I love they way they seemed to pose for you and the softness of the light as you look further in. And even with the mist you got great sharpness and detail. That is one beautiful shot. Many thanks and warmest wishes,
Shelly

tyro (2654) 2009-10-20 12:46

Hello, Bev.

This is truly superb!

I really wish that I had not needed to be at work early these last few days: it would have been wonderful to be out with a camera on some of the recent misty mornings, just as the low warm sunlight was starting to peer through.

You have perfectly captured all the mood of a windless autumn morning here, Bev. I actually don't mind pictures of sheep at all: these sheep are really quite nice to look at and I don't immediately think of mint sauce when I see this picture. Are these sheep Bluefaced Leicesters? They seem to have the high "Roman" noses I seem to remember that breed having.

Again, in this picture, it is the lighting which realy intrigues me: the sky is a pale greyish blue with the exception if that wonderful golden glow to right of centre. The low sunlight on the sheep is just perfect. Composition-wise, that tall pole to left of centre is a fine focal point to the picture, with the diminutive figures of distant sheep around its base.

Excellent!

Best Wishes,

John.

lestans (15436) 2009-10-20 23:24

Hi Bev!!

what a good light work here!! and a fine perspective in the mist.
I like also warm colors.
Nice work!!

Livia

chawax (5823) 2009-10-21 11:00

Hi Bev,
I love the atmosphere of this photo. These sheeps look funny looking at you lol
Regards,
Olivier

rigoletto (26058) 2009-10-24 14:59

"your wooliness" like your holiness???
:))
Bev, you rocked me down tonight with this wonderful joke.
The silence of the lambs is frightening as always. Great light and rural atmosphere here.
All the best,
Deniz

Royaldevon (5870) 2009-10-25 1:26

Hello Bev,

An utterly delightful shot!
These woollies are almost posing for you, in their curiosity! I love how they are commanding the f/g with their breasts just touched by the light.
As you move back through the shot, the concentration of sheep seems to decrease, along with their sharpness, until the top r/h corner of the frame is engulfed in a warm glowing mist ... just a little creepy!
Definitely a one-off shot!

Have a lovely Sunday,
Bev :-)

windosil (764) 2009-11-01 3:54

Dear Bev, it's amazing how a bit of hardware, a perceptive eye, and the internet can re-create this lovely warm scene in front of me on day that is so dreich outside.
I love the way the sheep just in front of you are saying "what's SHE looking at" while others are completely uninterested in you. And I love those two lines of trees on the left with the warmest light on the nearest tree. And ...
Thank you, Winifred

Kielia (8291) 2009-11-04 10:21

Hi Bev,
misty mornings are really rewarding for the photographer and you took a great advantage of the weather and the sheep thus creating this beautiful impression with an incredible mood. My compliments also for your humorous notes!
Warm regards
Harriet

Cretense (55340) 2009-11-06 3:37

Hello Bev!

Nice title for a beautiful photo, great multiple "portrait" it seems you had a great "contact" with your "models"! Wonderful misty atmosphere!

Hercules

Morac (20120) 2009-11-09 13:00

Bonsoir Bev,
C'est une belle composition à l'ambiance tout à fait originale
Marc

pattabe (415) 2009-11-10 0:27

Hi Bev.

Nice composition, I like this misty atmosphere very well, and the possition of the cheeps are great like they posing..
well captured
Thanks

Regards Freddy (Bangkok)

papera (5046) 2009-11-11 12:17

beautiful light management for these ladies - I love shooting sheep, they love eye-contact and make very interesting models, so I woolly support your approach =)
c.