gigi the goat gets her 1st shearing

gtc

her first shearing

devbobo

Nice shot Greg. I really like the DOF in this shot.

David

gtc

thanks
thanks david-the nose is a little OOF as I was shooting wide open and therefore limited DOF and wanted to get the eye in focus.

i was using my "new" super-multi-coated takumar 1:4/300 so had to stand off a fair distance-in hindsight I should have got in closer with my efs-60 macro but with all the kerfuffle and the speed at which the shearer worked it didnt happen.

i was glad that she was in the shade because white fluffy creatures are very difficult to expose correctly in direct sunlight

devbobo wrote:

Nice shot Greg. I really like the DOF in this shot.

David

DavidTO

Nice shots. The eyes are engaging.

I was surprised to find kerfuffle in the dictionary (yet my spelling checker tags it as a misspell!):

kerfuffle |k?r?f?f?l| noun [in sing. ] informal chiefly Brit. a commotion or fuss, esp. one caused by conflicting views : there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots curfuffle (probably from Scottish Gaelic car ‘twist, bend’ + imitative Scots fuffle [to disorder] ), or related to Irish cior thual ‘confusion, disorder.’

gtc

glad you liked the photo and kerfuffle

they are nice eyes with a rather strange rectalinear iris,which i guess is an evolutionary strategy to deal with bright light? just a guess

DavidTO wrote:

Nice shots. The eyes are engaging.

I was surprised to find kerfuffle in the dictionary (yet my spelling checker tags it as a misspell!):

kerfuffle |k?r?f?f?l| noun [in sing. ] informal chiefly Brit. a commotion or fuss, esp. one caused by conflicting views : there was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots curfuffle (probably from Scottish Gaelic car ‘twist, bend’ + imitative Scots fuffle [to disorder] ), or related to Irish cior thual ‘confusion, disorder.’

PossumCorner

Gigi ....
looks a sweety, love the expression, not afraid just - "oh gawd, what people-stupid thing is it this time?" Is she one of your family's pets or a friend/neighbour's? More of Gigi pls - goats are great little models.

You said "white fluffy creatures are very difficult to expose correctly in direct sunlight". Too true, but not as difficult as the black ones, fluffy or smooth.

gtc

thanks
yes shes a nice goat-friends have a couple as pets,more like family members,in the dandenongs,belgrave heights.she was scared at first but ended up enjoying it

PossumCorner wrote:

looks a sweety, love the expression, not afraid just - "oh gawd, what people-stupid thing is it this time?" Is she one of your family's pets or a friend/neighbour's? More of Gigi pls - goats are great little models.

You said "white fluffy creatures are very difficult to expose correctly in direct sunlight". Too true, but not as difficult as the black ones, fluffy or smooth.

Skippy

Good Heavens !

gtc wrote:

her first shearing

Looks like she's about to get her head chopped off ! she don't look happy at all.

So was she happy with a shorter coat ??? or not ??

Good shot......... Skippy (Australia)