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Sheepishly Caught

The sheep was OK - it got itself stuck in the fence while investigating the "greener grass" on the other side.

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Dragan M. Babovic 3 months ago

Excellent.

Colmar Wocke Thanks very much for your nice comment, Dragan!

Brin 4 months ago

Wonderful capture, well composed and beautiful!

Colmar Wocke Nice for me to open up 1X and read your note - thanks!

gerard sexton 4 months ago

...and not a punk rocker in sight! Funny creatures sheep tasty too.

Colmar Wocke Tasty for sure and so photogenic -- thanks for the note, gerard and remember: go well.

Barbara Read 4 months ago

Fantastic tones and clarity of detail. A wonderful story captured, too!

Colmar Wocke Barbara, tahnks for your note - pleased that you can relate to the story. Go well, Colmar

holger droste 5 months ago

times a sheep that were interested in the world behind the fences :o)

Colmar Wocke Yes, how many times - the grass always looks greener on that side. Thanks for the note, Holger!

Hemant Medhi 5 months ago

Nice Capture

Colmar Wocke Thank you very much for leaving me a note - I see you are a "brand new" member here at 1X. I hope that you"ll enjoy it here and hope to be able to "welcome" you on the front page. Go well into 2012.

morvarid d.i 5 months ago

nice!

Colmar Wocke Thanks a lot for the note that you left!

Chris Dixon 5 months ago

How did I miss this one. Great shot and a Happy New year

Colmar Wocke New Years good wishes from here too - I wish you a restful, peaceful year with lots of light and photo opportunities. Thanks for the note!

suliman almawash 5 months ago

Fantastic

Colmar Wocke Many thanks for the "thumbs up" note! Wish you good light in 2012.

Ricky Siegers 5 months ago

Colmar, seriously this is fine BW picture. Simple but with good impact.
Excellent!

Colmar Wocke B&W for me was the correct choice, since the sheep is si light and then stands out so much better - I am pleased that you find it agreeable!

Samanta 5 months ago

Nice posing :) beautiful b/w, love it !

Colmar Wocke Nice to read that you like the mono-tratment! Wishing you a light-filled 2012 with lovely pictures.

Samanta Thank you, i wish you the same :)

Reiner B�ttner 5 months ago

Well - stupid situation. I remember when I was a child I did something similar. And I learned, that the own ears can be a damn obstacle... - The sheep seems to be clever enough not to panic.

Colmar Wocke Yes - at least the sheep showed some sense. It was all caused by the lure of the "greener grass" - it was a sgreen on his side of the fence!
Thanks for the note and wish you well into 2012.

Richard Spurdens 5 months ago

Good mono work with this

Colmar Wocke I am particularly pleased that you like the mono work - I am going to try and up my PP-skills this coming year and your comment starts me off on the right foot. Wish you well for 2012 and may the light be with you.

Ben Goossens 5 months ago

You are also OK:-)

Colmar Wocke Ben, you've really brought a big smile to my face! A nice coment to make and thanks a lot - wish you well for 2012 and I hope you have the right light!

Jacob Tuinenga 5 months ago

A recognizable image in Holland :)
Superb !!
For you also the best wishes in 2012 ;)

Colmar Wocke Same to you for 2012, Jacob! Thank you for the lovely note that you left me. Go well.

Hamidreza Sheikhmorteza 5 months ago

Very nice shot!

Colmar Wocke Many thanks for the nice words and wishing you good light into 2012.

Sebastian Luczywo 5 months ago

but the sheep unless she wanted at this branch :)

Colmar Wocke I think the sheep was after the greener grass otherside the fence - at least it looked greener for the sheep! Thanks for your note!

Jan Gravekamp 5 months ago

But in the end you were ok as well I assume, since you are save behind your computer :-) Very well composed and seen, love the bw!

Colmar Wocke Yes, of course I was safe - sheep are not that vicious anyway! Thanks so much for your note - pleased that you like the B&W treatment. Hope you have a light-filled 2012.

Andre du Plessis 5 months ago

I remember this image so well from some time ago, and it now looks even better than ever before. Wonderful work Colmar, and I have to add that you really did well in your PP to bring this to us so artfully.

Colmar Wocke Andre,

Much appreciated, your note! Yes - one from before and I am pleased to read that you see an improvement in my PP skills. I hope to jack this up even more in 2012.

Enjoy your holiday in the sun, near the sheep in SA!

Go well,

Colmar

Liesbeth van der Werf 5 months ago

great work..

Colmar Wocke Many thanks for leaving the note, Liesbeth. Wishing you good light for 2012.

Johan Meintjes 5 months ago

Fantastic, my friend! My sincerest congratulations on a subject I know better than most... well done, once again.

Colmar Wocke Johan,

Well known by the two of us and behaviourially so typical. Let's hope we get our own heads caught up in photography for 2012. Thanks for the note, my friend!

Go well,

Colmar

Barbara 5 months ago

excellent b&w !
happy new year !

Colmar Wocke Your comment and wishes for 2012 are much appreciated by me - I would like to return my good wishes to you for 2012. Go well!

Thomas Strauss 5 months ago

I really like

Colmar Wocke Thanks very much,Thomas - I wish you a wonderful photography year for 2012 and beyond!

Allan Wallberg 5 months ago

Very nice black and white picture of a sheep. I myself have been through
similar event with a sheep, but it was stuck so hard in the fence so I had to
cut the fence to free the sheep. Beautiful photo.

Colmar Wocke Thanks so much for the nice words - especially about the B&W treatment. I wish you a light-fillled 2012 up north, with pictures galore. Go well.

Patricia 5 months ago

Wonderful Colmar :)

Colmar Wocke Patricia, thanks so much for leaving me a note - I wish you a light-filled 2012 and look forward to some excellent portraiture from you in the year. Go well, Colmar.

Patricia Thank you Colmar, and ofcourse a wonderful 2012 to you and your loved ones too! :)

hossein shirzad 5 months ago

very nice

Colmar Wocke Thanks so much for your note, hossein!

Christoph Hessel 5 months ago

The scene as it is story telling. Wonderful to realise and conveyed the "greener grass" story. And I like Your b/w for this. I wish you a wonderful new year Colmar

Colmar Wocke Christoph,

Thanks so much for your note - glad to read that you enjoyed the narrative. Typical for sheep! Thanks also for your nice wishes for next year and "gleichfalls" to you and Marei. Go well!

Balazs Pataki 5 months ago

A sweet bucolic moment you got here Colmar. The situation of the sheep reminds to that of all of us - once we poke our nose into 1x there is no way out. Although I hope this animal fared better :))) Cheers!

Colmar Wocke I grew up in sheep-farming country and this little scene typifies sheep for me, but as you say, is sometimes typical of humans too! Thanks for the note and glad to see you frequenting 1X again. Have a good 2012.

Phyllis Clarke 5 months ago

Colmar - a difficult moment for the sheep, but it does not look like it is in pain...and I am so so glad it got free.

A few months ago, there were deer in my back yard, and the grandkids saw them, and said...oh take pictures grandma...so I started to but had the wrong lens type on.. When they heard me, they began to leap over the fence. The fence was like this one in your picture but a little higher and ending with barb wire. Well, most of them made it over fine..as I was taking photos with the wrong lens....but one got caught. It landed right on top of the barb wire, and was struggling. It was caught right in the middle of its body. Everyone ran out screaming, and my son- in-law literally lifted it and pulled it off the fence!! It was stunned...but not harmed by the wire, and ran off. I was so relieved. You were lucky this little one out on hits own. :))

Colmar Wocke Yes, the sheep was OK luckily. Amazing what troubles the attraction, only the attraction, of something better can get you into. Thanks for adding your own story here, Phyllis. Wishing you a light-filled 2012 and go well!