Brian, I know merino wool mainly as a choice material for cycling clothes in
cold climates :-)
Regarding the pictures: you are making a selection for a client, not for
yourself. If you want to make a sale, you need to present the client with a
manageable set of images to choose from (not 100+), as others have pointed out.
And while blown highlights may be acceptable to you, they are not pleasing to
most people, and so you should ruthlessly cull them unless there are absolutely
compelling elements in the photograph.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA
On Jul 3, 2014, at 7:27 AM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> I've discovered that even though my normal mode of keeping up with
> OM mail traffic is in one hit at night using the digest, it is also very
> easy to keep up with mail as it is posted through using the archives.
>
>
> So ...
>
> Sheep. I make no apologies for having several photos of sheep
> in that set. Shep are a major source of income for this region, and the
> one breed shown in those photos, Merino, is an exceptionally high earner
> because the wool is very fine. Merino farmers here do not sell their
> product using the auction system, but mostly have created contracts with
> Italian makers of fine men's suits, for those of you who know what a
> fine suit is :-)
>
> I grew up as a farmer's son being used to managing
> sheep, I like sheep and understand them; but cattle ( cows, bulls,
> steers) I do not understand and I don't like.
>
> It makes sense to have
> several photos of sheep because of their place in the rural economy, and
> because they are a part of many landscapes.
>
> Blown highlights. I don't
> understand what the problem is with them. When I look at the sky here,
> especially with the edges of white clouds, that's what I see, It is a
> natural part of the everyday scene. Especially when photographing late
> in the afternoon just off being directly into the sun.
>
> I do get
> somewhat bothered with the yellow fringing that sometimes shows up, and
> when the highlights are in autumn leaves and I'm shooting somewhat into
> the sun, which I like to do, they can be a damned nuisance.
>
> I don't
> know what the answer is. Maybe avoid those scenes altogether, or try and
> find a better camera angle. Shooting RAW doesn't work for me. The files
> are too large, and I have never been able to obtain the corrections that
> people claim can be done in a RAW converter.
>
> Life DOES contain blown
> highlights, that is the realism of it.
>
> That's what my eyes tell me
> anyway.
>
> Brian
>
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