Three wool manufacturers

[Mike Buckley]

Captured on my recent trip to Iceland. It's a very unusual pose for sheep and I'm very lucky to have captured it.

I used a rented 300mm/4 lens. I was so pleased with it that I purchased an earlier, used model of the same lens and am anxious to have it arrive any day.

[Daisy Mae]

What a lovely capture Mike.

The whites seem a little blown on the backs of sheep#1 and # 3 but the facial expressions are beautiful.



Now...who's for Lamb shank in a rosemary jus ?

[terrib]

Haha, Sharon sees lamb shank but the weaver in me sees beautiful rugs from the outer coat and soft scarves from their inner coat.

It is a great capture, Mike and I love it. Makes me really want to get my hands in that wool!

[Daisy Mae]

I admit it...am a glutton with no soul and a cold neck. xx

[Mike Buckley]

[I] am a glutton

And that rhymes with mutton.

Good eye, Sharon: The lack of detail on the sheep's backs is mostly due to extremely flat lighting and less depth of field than I thought this lens would deliver in that situation. I thought sure f/18 would keep the sheep in focus from front to rear, but not so. The sheep moved before I could try a smaller aperture. It was actually the very first time that I used the lens for serious shooting. Though there are a bit of blown highlights, toning them down and increasing contrast in the RAW file doesn't add anything to the detail due to the other issues.

Terri: Thanks for teaching me that lambs have inner and outer coats. It looks like one jacket to me.

[Bobobird]

That my friend is a great shot - angle, coverage etc. Excellent.

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, Bobo. I had excellent models.