A Head for Heights

Stuart Mc · 17 Apr 2016

Took this on the walk up to Great Gable last week, facing directly into the sun the haze was really bright so thought I'd try it in mono. Unsure if needs a crop or not or if I've highlighted the right areas. FYI the drop behind that sheep is about 600ft if that helps with understanding the title

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Ahttps://flic.kr/p/FqJvnk Head for Heights[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/photos/140907846@N03/]Stuart McGlennon[/url], on Flickr

AJR SIMPSON · 17 Apr 2016

Nice catch, is there a conscious sheep theme going on

Stuart Mc · 17 Apr 2016

AJR SIMPSON said:
Nice catch, is there a conscious sheep theme going on

Haha normally they scatter if you get within 20 yards of them, these ones I couldn't get shot of!

I genuinely thought this one was a gonner - it seemed to have no idea how close it was to falling off the edge :LOL:

hungrymark · 17 Apr 2016

Really, really like that. The sheep adds something recognisable to an image that would otherwise be quite abstract. Great pic.

Stuart Mc · 17 Apr 2016

hungrymark said:
Really, really like that. The sheep adds something recognisable to an image that would otherwise be quite abstract. Great pic.

Thanks a lot, had to wait 'til the stubborn thing wandered into that light patch, kept looking at me then turning the wrong way

Derek_W · 17 Apr 2016

I think you've got the best of the image from a difficult shot.
Sheep only have one ambition in life and that is to die in debt to the farmer. They will always find new and imaginative ways of killing themselves to get to sheep nirvana. I'm surprised it didn't get spooked when the shutter fired and roll backwards down the hill.

Lemaildetom · 17 Apr 2016

I like it but i find it is hard to read. It took me a while to understand what was the bottom right corner. It's all a bit melting together, my eye is more catched by dark/light contrast that front/back if you see what i mean so i loose the great depth of the image which possibly could be brought up with a different processing style?

Stuart Mc · 17 Apr 2016

Lemaildetom said:
I like it but i find it is hard to read. It took me a while to understand what was the bottom right corner. It's all a bit melting together, my eye is more catched by dark/light contrast that front/back if you see what i mean so i loose the great depth of the image which possibly could be brought up with a different processing style?

This is exactly what I struggled with, my aim in processing was to darken one side and draw attention to the ledge, was worried that if I left it all at the same brightness/exposure it would blend into one even more. Any suggestions on the editing?

Derek_W said:
I think you've got the best of the image from a difficult shot.
Sheep only have one ambition in life and that is to die in debt to the farmer. They will always find new and imaginative ways of killing themselves to get to sheep nirvana. I'm surprised it didn't get spooked when the shutter fired and roll backwards down the hill.

Thanks - this sheep was particularly numb, it seemed more intent on suicide than reacting the shutter clicking, it didn't bat an eyelid!