Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 21 Dec 2004 at 9:25, GeeBee wrote: > Being able to align clouds birds and animals is obviously a help but I > stay > well away from sheep. There are particularly vicious killer sheep around > here, making use of any cover available to conceal themselves and wait for > any unwary traveller to wander into range: > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/Olympus/Everdon_09.htm > > if that fails they will arrange themselves in a pastoral tableau to tempt > you in but the danger is still in the long grass. > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp/Olympus/Everdon_09a.htm The killer sheep can also be found in the Ecuadorian highlands, and the folk there are braver... or more foolish... than you and I; they're actually working on training a few of them... http://gallery.leica-users.org/rcmckee/sheeps but a few minutes' observation makes it clear that the sheep are merely playing along; when they get tired of the game (or possibly hungry) it's over. http://gallery.leica-users.org/rcmckee/saquisili2 As well, I noticed that some few brave souls even take them out in public. I'm guessing this is a "mine's bigger" ritual with some sort of social status effect. http://gallery.leica-users.org/rcmckee/E01r09f12P I need to spend more time there observing to be sure... -- R. Clayton McKee www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 dig pager 281/510-3588