Feed or Photograph?, a photo from Cumbria, England

Photographer's Note

Good Morning Everyone,

A second photograph from our TE Meeting in the Lake District. This time the photograph shows two young ladies at Buttermere.

Please click here to see the much larger, clearer version.

We had succumbed to ice-creams and were sitting on a bench opposite the field where the lambs were frolicking.

A family arrived and, whilst mum went to buy ice-creams, the girls decided to make friends with the lambs.

The two girls had quite different ideas. One thought the best way to befriend the lambs was by feeding them; the other thought a quick photograph would be better. (Notice it wasn't a selfie!)

I couldn't resist the shot and mum was perfectly happy for me to snap away!

I'm sure you foretold that the girl with the grass gained most continued attention from the lambs!

(I will add a second shot of the girl feeding the lamb as a workshop.)

Have a lovely weekend, Bev :-)

ikeharel, snunney, Tue, holmertz, danos, Fis2, cornejo, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

ikeharel (114477) 2016-12-17 1:49

Hello Beverley,
Seems the black lamb like the idea of a selfie, the other just doing what normal for them, having extra feed with green grass.
A nice taken moment, maybe a side POV with a sight of those young ladies faces and the length of the stony-wall and wooden fence would give yet a wider scope to the whole.
My best regards and a nice weekend,
Ike

snunney (130967) 2016-12-17 1:53

Hello Bev,
I can hear Baa, baa, black sheep ringing in my ears! Charming opportunist composition beautifully presented. Made all the more pertinent by your commentary.

Tue (93328) 2016-12-17 1:59

Hello Beverley,
If one isn't careful enough and gets too close, sheep might start thinking they are offered the phone for food. Such a cute photo of these lambs, these two sticking their heads through the fence look so nice and the two girls are well included too.
Lars

No_One (4) 2016-12-17 2:08

Hi Bev
Lambs are such adorable little things, and it seems nobody can resist them. It's great that they awaken that sense of magic in people because that's afforded you this very cool photo. I'd imagine it's hard to get a selfie with a sheep
Cheers
Noel

holmertz (103540) 2016-12-17 2:27

Hello Bev,
It's a cute and amusing photo and a nice view of friendly co-existence between people and animals. Maybe lambs enjoy eating out of people's hands just as much as people enjoy feeding them. Otherwise the white lamb should have been totally happy with the food already available on its own side of the fence. It's a very nicely structured photo with two parallel things going on and a fine balance between the wooden fence and the stone wall.
Kind regards,
Gert

lousat (139914) 2016-12-17 2:42

One feed and one take the pic...excellent idea for a classic scene with animals,i like the POV and the rich composition,a good shot very sharp and bright,nice memory of the last summer. Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

serp2000 (47063) 2016-12-17 5:04

Hi, Bev! Oh, you've got another TE-meeting! You are lucky people, so my nearest TE-friends live in many many miles from my home. Fine title, amazing photo and very informative note.
Best wishes, Bev! Have a nice WE! Serghei

Sergiom (117241) 2016-12-17 6:48

Bonjour Beverly,

Le choix est simple. un nourrit et un photographie. Et ensuite on change. Tr鑣 beau point de vue au niveau des principaux int閞ess閟. Belle lumi鑢e aussi dans les cheveux de ces dames.

Bon samedi

Serge

danos (110407) 2016-12-17 8:06

Hello Bev,

nice the snapshot with the two ladies to are the main interest of the scene when the first one feed and the other photograph the sheep.A beautiful event with the brilliant light to enhance even more the beautiful scene as the details of it.

Regards,Danos

Fis2 (171823) 2016-12-17 8:43

Witaj Bev!
A very curious scene, excellent shot.
Good frame and colors.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

Silvio1953 (222779) 2016-12-17 10:36

Ciao cara Bev, nice scene with lovely sheep and photographer in action, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

GyurMaster (25000) 2016-12-17 13:02

Dear Beverley,

Catching another person doing a normal photo instead of a selfie is a real achievement nowadays. :) I see that the girl on the right was more successful in befriending the lamb.

Best Wishes,
gy.

carlo62 (81265) 2016-12-17 13:55

Ciao Bev
hai creato una bella e simpatica foto con molto poco, non c'� bisogno di avere situazioni particolari per ottenere buoni risultati, spesso dipende dal fotografo.
Buona domenica
Carlo

abmdsudi (95869) 2016-12-17 20:49

Hi Bev
Smart gadget and interesting composition, where would we be without them!! We are all watchers in this mind game image, very clever Bev, precisely timed with good combination of elements. An excellent candid :) Congrats
Best regards

emka (158680) 2016-12-18 0:18

Hello Bev, Nice scene with the lambs. I would probably first make some pictures and then fed them. Charming composition. And I like reading about the TE Meetings :).

Have a nice Sunday

Malgo

alvaraalto (42804) 2016-12-18 2:18

Hello Bev
You lovely picture shows the choices of the youth of today. What do I first�. Take a picture or offer some feed to the sheep.
Beautiful observation. Well done
Have a good weekend
Groet Rob

ps. Excuse, wrong copy-paste. But believe it or not this is the original text.

Dag John
Ondanks het sombere weer een schitterende foto waarbij we het gebouw goed kunnen zien door de fijne takjes van de boom heen en de man en vrouw mooi laten zien dat guur weer is. Net zo iets als vandaag in Haarlem.
Groet Rob

marabu61 (11587) 2016-12-18 3:32

Hello Beverley
Definitely feed for me but that is just how it go's these days. As you say, at least no selfie with the lamb ..... I just don't get that selfie mania as I hate to be in pictures myself.
Lovely scene of a family outing with lots of charm. Especially the black lamb looks really cute.
have a great day
Daniel

cornejo (61504) 2016-12-19 11:05

Hi Bev, very good photo of this interesting scene of daily life, very well captured in this interesting image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. A great work perfectly done, my congratulations, my friend. Thank you for sharing this interesting work.

Good night and happy start to the week.
All the best from the south of Spain.
Angel.

mesutilgim (0) 2016-12-19 12:35

Hello dear Beverley,
Very nice and charmy scenery captured with perfect pov and timing !
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

COSTANTINO (117672) 2016-12-21 12:54

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy new day
one shot is one thousand words
and the title as a question?
everyhting is in order
I like the timing
regards
Costantino