Spring On The Farm. April 12, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: birches, calf, cow, farms, llama, Scottish Highlanders, sheep, Spring
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Springtime is busy on our local farms. Maple sugaring is winding down, and attention turns to livestock:
Dim-witted sheep stand around shorn and shivering in their barnyard Johnnies, having just been swindled out of their warm winter coats:
…yeah, I’m talkin ’bout you!
…while their distant cousins remain aloof and above it all:
Most of the farm ponds have iced out, though the grass is still just vaguely green:
…and somebody has been using the barbed wire fence for a scratching spot:
…perhaps this Scottish Highlander and her calf?
I mean, I’m totally ok with that, Yes Ma’am, no problems here…
All in all, a nice time of year in these parts:
I’m still in JPEG mode, so pardon any appreciable lack of photo quality.
They’re calling for rain the next few days, so I was glad to snag these shots today.
Little Bang Theory 
Lucky you, getting rain! Still none here in southern New Mexico. Thank you for the look at the season in your neck of the woods.
Um, here’s a question. When you don’t post pix as jpeg, what are they? Do you shoot RAW? Forgive me for not knowing the terms, I think that is what I mean.
Clairz, WordPress takes only jpegs, but I don’t generally shoot in that format – it’s inherently destructive to file content, with a ton of data lost each time the file is saved. I shoot in RAW, which saves EVERYTHING the camera captures and gives me far more latitude in processing (I’m particularly fond of Photoshop’s RAW processing options such as “vibrance” and “fill-lighting.”)
Thanks for asking.
ralph your birches shot is so beautiful it made me cry
Susan, I almost didn’t include that one, as there were no farm animals in it… I’m glad I did, though, if you like it. 🙂
These are great. The animal pics are wonderful – esp the sheep wearing ‘johnnies’. I never knew they did that after shearing.