Anna, Shepherdess & Shearer

• Martin Aislabie

• Aug 22, 2023

Fabulous shot Tony.
Sheep shearers work amazingly hard - it is really physical work.
Tossing the sheep and then shearing them is probably the hardest days work I have ever done - it kills your back.
And, for good measure, if you let your guard down for a moment the sheep taking great delight in head butting you - just above your eyes.
Martin

 

• SJC1952

• Aug 22, 2023

This is a great image Tony.

 

• ajmiller

• Aug 22, 2023

Thanks. I spent a couple of hours with Anna last Sunday watching her work. They were her own sheep - she has 98 of her own as well as being a self-employed shearer. She's just taken on a cleaning job and milks cows to earn enough to pay her mortgage.

 

• Mick Fagan

• Aug 24, 2023

I really like the rope switch swinging in the breeze, as well as the placement of the battery in your framing.

 

• ajmiller

• Aug 24, 2023

Mick Fagan said:

I really like the rope switch swinging in the breeze, as well as the placement of the battery in your framing.

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Thanks Mick - well spotted on the rope switch swinging.

 

• Kodachromeguy

• Aug 26, 2023

What a fantastic portrait, perfect light. Well done. That is a tough lady!