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It's a lot of work just to be able to post decent pics of sold sheep to my website. I archive them all, if I remember, for future buyers to look through.Terrible news about the lost lamb. I always think the same - if only I got out earlier. But probably wouldn't have
made any difference. Better to think she lost it during the night than to beat yourself up over it.
I know! So hard to get a good picture! Just when they look right and you snap it - they move!
The ADSBs magazine had a complete article on how to correctly shoot pictures of sheep. They suggested having several people to help you (like that will happen lol) and posing them with a good background, etc. If ever I have a full day to spend I will set up an area just for taking a picture. I think roll out a piece of fake grass, and attach a deep blue sheet on the barn wall. Then try posing the sheep. Oh yes, they have to be nicely shorn and washed first. Then posed.But not shooting down at them, you have to lay down or crouch, or have the camera on a tripod at ground level with a switch. Oh yes and don't take the photos with your phone either. You have to be able to filter stuff adjust the exposure, etc. Not happening. I will just settle for pictures taken on the fake grass inside a portable pen. Maybe I will remove their mohawks, maybe not. Lambs no problem, no need to shear. After reading the article, I really became depressed about ever being able to produce good pix.
When posing show dogs I used to tug gently on their tails and they would lean forward against the tug right into the proper position. LOL The 4-H way to train lambs to lean forward is to practice posing them on a bale of straw and put their rear feet right at the edge. If the tied to back up a step, they would fee their rear hooves starting to slip off and lean forward. It taught them not to back away while posing.
Some of the lambs push back so dang strongly, one suddenly jumped and pushed me over. Lol, they're so unexpectedly strong! A few dropped low on their legs and I had to wait for them to fully stand back up.
I use video setting on my phone for those pics. It was also hot out and I wasn't able to go out of the pen to better see what the camera was seeing.
I'd need to fence off the camera or they'd trample it.I have a big 4×4 foot window, but it has thick white crossbars making 9 little rectangles. Ugh. I don't like how much that would get in the way.
Can't use a halter or head yolk because they fight it and spaz out. Would take a long time getting them to chill and ignore it, while we all sweat to death. Hah.
I caught them because trying to get good pics naturally was becoming too difficult. They'd swarm together, bolt, not turn so I could figure out who they were...ugh.
It doesn't look like I posted this clip of 0154. He's such a sweetie now, he and the white wether were supposed to be picked up a bit ago, but life gets in the way, so they're the most friendly of the bunch.
In this pic, you can tell he's not in a hole and weirdly sinking down in the rear vs the video...
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