Posted by Kathryn Engle on October 14, 2014 at 10:45 PM
This is an event that occurs annually in Ketchum, Idaho to celebrate the history, heritage and culture of sheep herding in the west. They even have 1500 sheep run through the main street in town. I took a few pictures of the event. Would like some C&C on if any of these are worth doing anything with other than putting in a travel blog. Unfortunately, most were shot at high noon, thus lighting was harsh. Tried to post process as best I can to account for that.
Posted by Kathryn Engle on October 14, 2014 at 10:47 PM
2nd photo
Posted by Kathryn Engle on October 14, 2014 at 10:50 PM
3rd photo
Posted by Kathryn Engle on October 14, 2014 at 10:52 PM
Kathryn, the photos make a nice 4 image documentary. #1 is my favorite as it captures the activity perfectly for me. Despite the harsh lighting conditions I think you did well. Nice positioning as following the sheep gives good depth of field and pulls the viewer in. At first I thought the fence on Lt and road on Rt could possibly be cropped a bit but think you would loose the "story line". A little more sky would have been nice overall but I really like this photo. What equipment? And what were thinking of doing with it/them?
Posted by Kathryn Engle on October 16, 2014 at 4:29 PM
I used the Nikon D750 which is currently a learning experience for me. I had the D700 and this is like when I went from Windows 7 to 8.1, in that there were quite a few things I had to learn on how to use it. I'm thinking I should nuke the clouds and sky in the #1 as I think they may be a bit distracting. Since I can't get enough sky, there is just enough that takes away from rest of photo.
I would try to nuke the clouds and see what how it appears then. I shoot with a D700 and D300 as my second. Appreciate your note.
Posted by Grant Collier on October 18, 2014 at 9:58 PM
These are nice and it's good to see something a little different. I think they could all benefit from some cropping to remove distractions that I don't think add anything to the image. On the first one, I think the fence, building, and road are distractions. If you cropped those out and even the sky and made it a vertical, I think it could be a really strong image. On the third, I think the strongest element of the image is the horse and cowboy in the distance. But to me, they get lost amidst everything else that's going on. I think a crop in to include him, the aspen, and the sheep around him could work, while excluding the road, the other person, and most or all of the pine trees. The other two don't hold as much promise to me due to lack of colors, but again I think cropping in to exclude anything that doesn't add to the scene and draw focus to the most important element.
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