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Collection: P&S
Camera: Nikon Coolpix L10
Location: local farm
Date: Apr 22, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Rural
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2008

Viewed: 334
Comments: 10
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Bonus walk at day's end with a friend up a ridge to a farm where sheep were penned for shearing.
In Irfanview:crop, minor adjustments in gamma, USM; in the Gimp: denoising with new plug-in, just guessing at parameter adjustments - not wholly convinced, but there is some improvement.

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09/19/2008 08:13:09 PM
LoL. How did you get those sheep to smile!

Whenever I try(ed) to take a picture of a sheep, I'd get the south end - every time!
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04/26/2008 12:16:02 AM
Sheep are such cute animals. I think it's because they look like they are smiling. The larger sheep looks protective and the smaller one has such a sweet expression. Really nice composition, color and tones. I love the way the fence is used here. Nice one!
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04/25/2008 07:19:26 PM
wonderful textues in the sheep wool - when i saw the thumb i was thinking this one was going to be underexposed - i was wrong!
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04/24/2008 07:48:34 PM
This is cute, I really like their pose.
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04/24/2008 02:16:48 PM

not sure, but I may like the B&W better
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04/24/2008 01:14:16 PM
Please do tpbremer. It was not only overcast, but the shed was covered. I think I did bump the sat a tad, and was thinking about BW conversion until I realized how nice the wood looked against the trees.
04/24/2008 01:12:09 PM
I love it. It made me smile and chuckle when it opened. I like the textures and the composition, and the expressions of the sheep -- one looks quite aloof and the other looks like you have intruded. I think this image would benefit from further adjustment. Lots of ways to make it pop: Levels, exposure (adjusting the offset and gamma), curves in Soft Light mode, etc. I'd say play with it a bit, because this is a great capture.
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04/24/2008 08:56:12 AM
Ok, so I like the composition and how the three fence boards balance the heights of the sheep.
My question--are you purposefully going for the muted colors and duller look? It was obviously an overcast day. I played with this and did a levels adjustment and a curves adjustment and it really brought a lot of color and contrast into the picture.

I can post it if you'd like to see it.
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04/24/2008 08:43:04 AM
I like the way you cropped it (or framed it, if this isn't cropped), it leads my eye on a Z. My eye starts w/the rich tones of the board fenced, the more suspicious face of the taller sheep is in a great spot to anchor the shot, but the more comical face of the 2nd (younger) sheep keeps my eye moving. I like the soft, misty light.
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04/24/2008 03:27:04 AM
I like the look they are giving the camera and the different textures in their coats. The colour of the wooden fence works well as do the trees in the background.
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