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cat63 ([personal profile] cat63) wrote2012-01-14 08:05 pm
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Duty, Glow, Fruit & Bucolic

11. Duty






In case it isn't clear, the statue is of Florence Nightingale. I thought she might have represented a couple of the other prompts - I wavered between this one, Hope and Science, but I decided that Duty was the one that fit her best.

19. Glow







41. Fruit






60. Bucolic






One definition of bucolic is "of, or pertaining to shepherds" - what could pertain to shepherds more than sheep?

[identity profile] rhiannon-s.livejournal.com 2012-01-14 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That is one sinister looking sheep, I must say.
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[personal profile] hooloovoo_42 2012-01-14 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I think he's a cute sheep :-)

[identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com 2012-01-14 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I think she was suspicious of the strange human pointing a camera at her :)

[identity profile] edith-jones.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree. He looks like sheep mafia.

[identity profile] edith-jones.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never known what to make of Florence Nightengale - one hears such odd things about her, but I will not argue that she makes a fine example of duty.

The sheep are delightful. We certainly don't get sheep like those ones around here, and I love how wooly they are and how unkempt they look. And you have captured such a nice facial expression - well, not "nice", per se, but interesting. Great shot!

[identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. I think the sheep was highly suspicious of the odd human pointing a little box at her :) Disapproving sheep is disapproving :) Not sure what breed they are - possibly Scottish Blackface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Blackface)

[identity profile] edith-jones.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the breed information. I would never have thought to look it up, seriously. We don't get a lot of sheep around here, and I've always just classified them in a lump called "sheep". The ones I've seen almost always are the white sort that one makes stuffed toys of for babies.

Does one have to kill the sheep to remove its horns? I've just been reading about the blackface sheep and how artisans value their horns for carving walking sticks and canes. If one does have to kill the sheep, doesn't that make it as bad as poaching elephants for ivory? I know sheep are far, far, far, more common than heffalumps, but it seems cruel just the same.

[identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I know sheep are far, far, far, more common than heffalumps, but it seems cruel just the same.

If they were killed just for the horns, yes. I imagine though, that they take the horns from animals killed for meat or which die from other causes - if only because there wouldn't be enough profit from the horns to warrant killing the sheep just for that.

[identity profile] sammason.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a test to find out whether LJ is now letting me comment.

[identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! It worked!

[identity profile] g8bur.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice shots! I especially like the glowing pole, and the menacing-looking sheep (which looks as if it's heavily in lamb)...

[identity profile] cat63.livejournal.com 2012-01-15 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! The sheep seems to be the hit of this set :) She seemed highly suspicious of the weird orange-clad human pointing a clicky box at her :)